The facelifted, and much better-looking, vauxhall Grandland only has one petrol engine. But is it the Grandland to get?
Plug-in hybrids and EVs might be grabbing all the headlines at the moment, but ICE still dominates the sales charts. It’s no different with thisThere is just a single petrol offering these days - the 1.2 three-cylinder turbo with 128bhp and 169lb ft, the latter from a usefully low 1750rpm. It’s available in either manual or auto, with a 0-62mph time of 10.4 seconds in our car’s manual.
This 1.2 is available on all the trims. Like a lot of modern triples, it’s remarkably smooth - there’s a little bit of thrum from the engine bay, but it’s characterful and at normal speeds it never gets intrusive or annoying. Sure, above 4500rpm it starts to grumble loudly, but this is a family SUV, not a hot hatch.
And besides, there are six gears so just leave it in a higher one and let the torque do the … er… talking. Sometimes, that long top ratio can leave you a bit short of oomph on back roads, but the’s engine is flexible enough to cope. We averaged in the low 40s mpg while it was on test, so not a disaster if you’re not doing mega miles each year.
Where the Grandland does come unstuck is in its ride quality. While it’s perfectly comfortable on smooth roads, it all feels a bit disconnected when the car is loaded up over expansion joints and cross axle lumps, like the various elements of the car can’t quite get themselves organised together. It’s a pity because the rest of the handling is acceptable: numb, but it turns in well and just gets on with things with a minimal fuss.that offers all the benefits of that plug-in technology, but if your mileage and budget are both lower , then the 1.2 petrol is a decent offering, if you can ignore the quirks in the ride.
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