Instead of being an electric version of the C-HR, the C-HR+ is actually a shortened bZ4X – not unlike the way that the Skoda Elroq is a shortened Enyaq. That means it gets all the same improvements as the recently updated version of its sister model.
Put it next to a bZ4X and there are more visual differences than there are between the Skoda siblings – particularly the C-HR+’s kinked shoulder line and round wheel-arch trims. There’s a lot going on with the design (busy surfacing, a ‘coupé’ roofline and a ducktail spoiler), yet all together it manages to look not particularly distinctive.
Peculiarly, despite being the cheaper, smaller model, the C-HR+ has a bigger battery option than the recently updated bZ4X. The entry-level battery is the same: a 57.7kWh (total capacity) pack that comes with a single 165bhp motor and, one imagines, will have limited popularity in the UK.
The long-range option is where it’s at: it has a 77kWh pack (rather than bZ4X’s 73kWh), which, in combination with the single 221bhp front motor, gives it 378 miles of range, or 350 miles with the 20in wheels that most people will probably pick. That’s more than the Elroq 85, despite having a smaller battery.
A dual-motor version with 338bhp exists, but it won’t be offered in the UK.
A maximum DC charging speed of 150kW looks a bit weedy in the bZ4X when compared with the Hyundai Ioniq 5, but it’s perfectly acceptable here in this lower segment.