Skoda UK has removed the entry-level version of its Enyaq electric vehicle (EV) from sale in the UK, citing a need to “manage customer expectations” amid lengthy lead times.

A spokeswoman for the Czech brand told AM that the decision to remove the Enyaq iV 60 had come as a result of supply constraints that had seen waiting times for the zero-emissions SUV extend to around a year.

She said: “It’s a temporary measure, but we don’t know when it will be made available again. It could be weeks or months.”

Last month Herbert Deiss, chief executive of the Skoda-owning Volkswagen Group, warned that a shortage of components sourced from Ukraine could prove its biggest supply issue in 2022.

Ahead of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) publication of Q1 new car registrations figures, AM recently considered how Russia “threw a hammer and sickle into the works” of automotive's 2022 recovery.