All that Jazz

Your article about the Kia Proceed and Kia EV6 driving from Brighton to Glasgow (‘The proclaimer’, 9 March) was excellent.

I’ve just completed a similar trip from Dunbar, East Lothian, to Worthing, West Sussex, in my 2021 Honda Jazz hybrid. It took just under nine hours, including stops for breakfast, coffee and a quick lunch. So we weren’t driving very slowly (it was the bottom of the M1 and the M25 that slowed us down; we’re usually home an hour earlier).

The total distance was 444 miles, using 29.7 litres of petrol at a cost of £47.49. This makes both the petrol and electric Kias rather expensive, at £99 and £82 over about 500 miles (but yes, I know they’re a bit bigger).

We’re just off to Italy, where we do 600 miles each day and still get good petrol mileage. It’s a great little car.

Michael Gilmore

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