Had the 2.7ES for nearly 12 months now, before that had the Chrysler Voyager. I and the 5 boys do not find the drive hard as described in the review by What Car?, in fact its very smooth. However it is nosier a ride than I would like but its half the price and inside twice the room.
If driven at a steady 70mph on the motorway it gives a very good return on the diesel, I went all the way from Worcester to Brixham last week on just over a quarter of a tank of diesel. It also handles like a car half its size and the Mercedes 2.7l Diesel engine has some serious umph for over taking fully loaded.
Equipment cant be faulted for the price however a Cruise option on the manual gearbox should have been included.
Overall for the money a very good car if a bit ugly.
well its not for the faint hearted. this is a family car and theres 6 of us.my 4 wains love it as they all have a proper seat especially with this booster seat law.every where you go people look,they have their opinion,good or bad its theirs,they didnt look when i owned a galaxy or a sharan or a verso.fuel is around 30 depending on my right foot.comfort is 100 the rear seat is as good as a bed ask my wains..if they arnt sleeping..tax bracket is harsh but some things are worth it.i have had mine 3 yrs and some problems arose nothing major and the dealer in dungannon was good.so thats why im getting a 2nd one cause as a family car its perfect.pricewise nothing is close.specwise there is other with more gadets,more to go wrong but none can hold 7 people and their luggage on a weeks holiday on a 400 mile journey like the rodius,job done.
"I think that there are more MPV's that can be more pretty like the Toyota Verso, my relitives have one (I mean the Verso) and they are great so the Ssangyong does not do it for me.
I drove this car with two adults and 5 children aged between 9 months and 15 years old from Surrey to Devon for a two week holiday. The car easily took all of our luggage, including all of the equipment required for the baby.
I was very surprised at the efficiency of the engine even carrying all of the passengers and luggage.
When we arrived in Devon it was great to be able to transport all of the kids in one vehicle and not have to use two as we had originally planned.
One gripe. My right foot gets cold in winter,hot…
Bought this very early 10 reg example second hand…
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