Motoring efficiently supplied the car with a European up-date of the SatNav system that was so damned efficient, l think the car could of got there without me. I loaded the family on-board and headed for Folkestone and that other marvel of engineering, the Chunnel. It is easy to take this for granted but what a bloody marvel of engineering it really is.
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“I really wanted to stretch the cats legs so l drove to Holland. Well, you would, wouldn’t you?” I headed to Amsterdam first to take the girls to Ann Frank’s house and although l have no time to sound off on that subject here, if you haven’t cried for a while, go and the tears will flow. The car just wafted us all there with little drama apart from the stares of people wondering what this car was. It is still novel enough, and beautiful enough, to make folk stare. It has superb road manners, corners flat for a high rider and will sit up and go when required. The diesel engine is pretty good, against my hatred of the damn things, and once it gets going, it is quiet enough. The volume sales might head toward the frugal 2.0 litre diesel for those watching the costs but really, move up to the 3.0 litre V6 and you will want for nothing. Based on the fact that the world is FINALLY waking up to the shocking damage that diesel engines cause, l would also recommend going for the petrol version thus avoiding the ban on dirty diesels entering our cities that is coming soon. The petrol version does have a drinking problem but then, don’t we all? I did expect the handling to suffer the normal compromise of high riding SUVs, but there’s little evidence of it due, in part, to the
lightweight aluminium bits and the torque vectoring system that helps you aim into corners by braking the inside rear wheel. It’s the way it flows through fast bends that impresses most; it may be lighter than most of its rivals, but this is still a 1.8-tonne SUV, and yet it genuinely feels as agile as many hatchbacks. There will be few issues with interior space as there is plenty of front leg space and rear headroom and with the panoramic roof, light floods into the cabin. Jaguar claim the boot space beats all its sector rivals at a whopping 650 litres with the rear seats in place although it is roughly on a par with the BMW X3 or Disco Sport but flatten the rear seats and you are left with space enough for a double bed, a couple of bedside tables and the kitchen sink. There are bundles of options but the range topping S and Portfolio would be the ones for me that come with everything fitted although
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