HI samcain,
You said that when you test drove the car you travelled in EV. When I drove both cars in the dealership, it was a cold wet day and they both started up in ICE mode. There was no vibration at all, or excessive motor roughness. After 10 mins I chose to engage EV mode and was impressed with the smoothness and quietness of the car. I drove through the city of Porto with insane traffic and out onto the motorway complex where I could "put the boot down" to test handling, acceleration, top speed and noise. It was a really good "test drive". I think the salesman enjoyed it almost as much as me. Just for general information, the stated top speed is 118 MPH. Well, I can confirm that it is closer to almost 130!!MPH All with a nice reasonably smooth ride. It took a while to get there, but quite acceptable for a fat SUV. (PS. the motorway was straight and quiet and no risks were taken)
Oh, I forgot to mention that the test drive lasted at least 1 hour (Each car was tested for 1 hour) The dealership was very helpful and accomodating.