0141 887 7744 Vauxhall’s new baby
Will suit young families or older couples
Vauxhall is about to launch a new baby crossover into the booming SUV market and is hoping its all-new Crossland X will prove an attractive option for young families and older couples.
Priced from £16,555, the front wheeldrive car is available with three 1.2-litre petrol engines with 81, 110 or 130bhp, or 1.6-litre diesel powertrains with either 99 or 120bhp.
There is a choice of manual or automatic gearboxes and customers can select from a number of wellequipped trim levels with further optional packs to spec up the car.
With practicality in mind Vauxhall believes 65 per cent of sales will come from private owners, especially families with young children or older people who will benefit from the high seating position, easy access and extensive range of safety features.
The Crossland X is smaller than the Vauxhall Mokka X and later this year the largest in the company’s SUV lineup called the Grandland X will enter the market.
The five-door car is easy on the eye with neat sculpted lines, distinctive LED daytime running lights, a bold grille housing the Vauxhall badge, plenty of chrome trim and a floating roof appearance.
At the rear of the car the highmounted split rear lights also feature the distinctive double wing graphic.
The interior is modern in its design and neatly laid out with a driver-focused cockpit.
Techno treats depending on trim level include the likes of a seven or eight-inch touchscreen, full smartphone connectivity via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, a heated steering wheel, a panoramic rearview camera, a head-up display, advanced park assist and full link up to Vauxhall’s impressive OnStar system which connects the caller with a real person to get all sorts of information about the local area.
But perhaps more importantly the OnStar set-up will send details of your location to the emergency services if the car is involved in an accident and you cannot be contacted.
The interior of the Crossland X is comfortable and there is enough room in the back for a couple of adults if the front seats aren’t pushed right back.
There is also the option to have 60:40 split folding rear seats that can slide forwards or backwards to increase leg room or luggage capacity as required. The boot can hold from 410 litre up to 1,255 litres with the rear seats folded flat.
The trim line-up for the Crossland X, which is on sale now with deliveries from the end of June, is SE, Elite, SE Nav, Elite Nav and Tech Line Nav.
The car is available with a raft of safety features, once again depending in trim levels. These include the likes of lane departure warning, traffic sign recognition, forward collision alert with pedestrian detection and autonomous emergency braking and a driver drowsiness system.
We tried out a couple of models on some twisting Cotswold roads that certainly tested the car’s agility and dynamics.
First up was the SE 1.2 110bhp ecoTEC petrol model with five-speed manual transmission priced at 1.6-litre 99bhp ecoTEC diesel model, £18,575, increased to £21,455 again with five-speed manual gearbox. with options. The car could This car was priced at £19,915 but a reach from 0-62mph in 10.6 number of optional extras bumped seconds, maxed out at 117mph up the asking price to £22,895. It and according to official figures reached 62mph from a standing start delivered combined fuel in 12.0 seconds, topped out at 112mph economy of 57.6mpg with carbon and had combined fuel efficiency of emissions of 111g/km. 76.3mpg with CO2 emissions of 95g/ km.Thecarwascomfortable O enough and the acceleration nce again, the car handled well through the gears was responsive with and it is unlikely people who buy was plenty of power on tap. The light the Crossland X will want to push its steering was appreciated in busy traffic boundaries too far. The diesel model as the car weaved through the crowds, proved nice and responsive although but on faster twisting roads it was not not quite so punchy as its petrol quite so much fun. There is quite a lot of counterpart. But you will get far greater body lean into corners and the engine, fuel economy from this model as is road surface and wind noise levels do reflected in the figures. increase considerably when the car is Vauxhall is confident the Crossland driven hard. X is arriving at just the right time as
The instrumentation was well Rory Harvey, Vauxhall’s chairman and positioned for driver usability and managing director, said: “Crossland the sat nav system worked well when X will appeal to buyers with families connected to a smartphone via who demand agility and convenience Android Auto. in urban driving, but with enough
Whilst Vauxhall has excelled in comfort and performance to cover delivering good storage options at the long distances at the drop of a hat. back of the car, up front it’s not quite Our customers’ expectations are so impressive. The glovebox is tiny as changing, so the timing is perfect for it also houses the fuse box and the cup an additional model in the Vauxhall holders are very small and shallow. range, which caters for a new breed of
Next up was the Elite specification buyer.”