It's a fine car ,I enjoyed where you filmed your review up on the Moors near Holmfirth, such a nice place 😀

Try the Grandland X Hybrid4 - 300 hp, you will have a blast

Does it have a manual hand brake or an electronic one? Also I suspect that a spacer spare wheel cannot be fitted under the boot floor-cover ?

I have mixed views on PHEVS...but in the absence of directly comparable BEV seemingly for two or three years, a dual test duel between an Alfa Romeo Tonale and BMW 2 series Tourer looks like an interesting test for the Electrifying team to compete over, when the plugin versions become available. As a footnote...load space dimensions (including with the seats down are of significance , so having a tape measure available is of more interest than sitting in the boot (perhaps less amusing though !) Our current 2 series has the back seats flat most of the time for big plants and associated construction materials, so is a prime requirement.

Looking for a hybrid SUV, this looks like a reasonable choice.I would use it on e=pure electric except for the occasional long journey.

Interesting review, as more EVs and charging stations are available, it is strange to see carmakers offering hybrid models with such a small battery. Thank you for sharing! 🔌⚡🚘

PHEVs work for some, for example if you have to mostly commute shorter distances and occasionally drive somewhere further away which isn't well served by charging infrastructure. However, with charging infrastructure massively improving all the time, any of their advantages are rapidly being eaten away. And if you want a Stellantis PHEV, get the 3008!

For BIK if it is over 40 miles range the tax goes down to 8%...seems weird how quite a few hybrid come in at 39 mile range which makes BIK jump to 12%... This is what drove me to electric at 2% BIK 😌

Stellantis needs to put plug in hybrid in their vans, for example zafira life to give choice for big family not ready for electric - little range and diesel - not suited for city. For me the shortest version - 4,6 m and middle - 5 m with 8 seats could do.

They are great! Very useful for people with a house where they can charge it and that do small commutes but that sometimes need to go on long trips like for vacations. Unfortunately, that's not me. They are also great for people like me who do long freeway trips at high speeds if the plug in hybrid is a diesel plug in hybrid which this is ... NOT. So, they are useless for me.

PHEVs might make sense for some business users because of the low bik rates, but it's hard to see how they could make sense for a typical private motorist.

@jonathantaylor1998

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Government seems to be pushing company car drivers towards PHEVs through the BIK tax system - sadly, though, to the likely detriment of the environment... Your average 750 mile-a-week rep hasn't the time nor inclination to plug their PHEV in and, even if they did, the daily mileage they cover simply means the car is lugging around a heavy lump of (discharged) battery for too much of the time to be efficient. Over 750 miles per week (150 daily miles), even being charged up every night, the very popular BMW 330e company car uses more fuel and emits more CO2 than the company's 320d model over the same mileage. Just as how the push towards diesel company cars back in the 90s has come back to bite the Government in the a**e re the environment, so will PHEVs prove to be more harmful in the long run.

Other thing is once the battery runs out they're very uneconomical on fuel on account of it being a petrol car lugging heavy batteries about the place plus with a crap infrastructure especially here in Northern Ireland where I live it'd be a definite no.

I am looking forward to the video where you run from 0 to 62 in under 9.6 seconds. "I can run faster than this!"

Not much more boot space than a Zoe?

@whocares264

8 күн бұрын

and less ev range

If I'm honest I understand them but think that plug in hybrids are pointless especially if like me you do a lot of motorway driving and its for that reason why I'll neither be going petrol or electric but sticking with diesel.

Ahh hybrids...10 years too late at least 🤷‍♀️🙄

I ordered the U,it ate version of the standard 1.2l 3 cyl petrol, which when your test version came out was called ‘Elite’. Ordered in Sept 21. Vauxhall’s delivery to dealer is showing Feb March 23 now, with the Hybrids showing April-June 23. There have been some spec changes since your test as well, so some of the little Foybles you mention may have been addressed. The line up went from 12 versions originally to 9, if you include the engine differences within each trim level. Vauxhall changed the line up without informing those of us with pre orders, which would have been nice as they also upped the prices. There isn’t 1 dealership in the country that has a model for test drive either, which is frustrating. Likewise, the tv adverts are quoting 6 weeks for delivery from order date! I’m just hoping the Grandland lives up to expectation when it does finally arrive. I’ve got to get a wheelchair in the back as well. Swapping from a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, which was adequate in load space. I won’t be sorry to see the back of the gearbox on that one though, as the gear change was like fighting with a mk1 Shogun manual. Anyway, thx for the review; you may need to revisit once the ‘23’ model as it will be, is released

I'm looking for a new car and mystified why all these car reviewers are obsessed with the 0 to 60mph performance. There are very few roads where you would actually do that, it's pointless.

The old one is miles better imo Mpg is around 65 but is much faster 300bhp and 5.9 to 60

People think that they need to able to drive 400 miles with out stopping. Your car might 400 do mile your bladder won't and the DoT recommends you take a test brake every 2 hours. Go straight to electric.

At £34k, I just don't see why anyone would buy this over a 270 mile MG ZS EV for the same money...??? 🤔

That is indeed terrible, performance I mean, my 2017 1.6 Astra diesel does 0-60 in 9 seconds

Wouldn't take it even given to me. The plug-in hybrid stopgap ploy is just that: a ploy. I'll never buy another car with a tailpipe.

@trevdfield7520

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks I totally agree with you.

A good, honest review of a pretty average (at best) Vauxhall. Don't waste your money.

Beige is boring say's the man wearing Beige trousers 🤣

Ahh PHEVs… the worst of both worlds…

It’s so average. At least it looks fairly good now. But PHEVs are not a good solution to either a normal Hybrid or an EV

@l-charge8438

2 жыл бұрын

Why? 🤔

@oliverstemp9132

2 жыл бұрын

@@l-charge8438 because if can make that move to plug in why not go all the way and get all the benefits

they seem to talk about a very subjective thing (design) with definitive language. silly thing to do.

Guys… please please please start doing 60/30hz instead of 50hz videos. If you watch it on anything other than a TV it jutters all over the place. Otherwise, really enjoy the content!

Plug in Hybrids ? Are they a mish mash of two variants of the same car and at the cost level - No sorry Tom not for me. I'll stick to what I know ICE , bought and paid for with honest sweat and toil.

You're beige... Where is the 250 Hp? Ooh, it weighs 2500kg..

Would be much better to do this with an Astra estate. And Grandland is a rubbish name.

I own the ultimate version 4WD with 300hp and can guarantee you I’ve smashed Audis and BMWs with it. This one you’re reviewing is trash

pointless !!

The Elephant in the room... ya put petrol in it. what's it doing on Electrifying No thanks. Hate plug in hybrids

What an awful piece of crap. That was my gut feeling and I'm going to stick with it. If you can plug in at home, why on god's green earth would you buy this over, say, an Enyaq?!

@pigeonpoo1823

2 жыл бұрын

hahahahaha it's USP is being slightly less terrible than the junk it replaced

The worst of all worlds. . An SUV, a Stellantis car, a Vauxhall and a Hybrid. . Total shite.