Levante drive and review
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I've got four cars, one of which is diesel as you can only get said car with a diesel in the UK despite the manufacturer - in the Midlands - making them with petrol engines for export markets, including RHD. The Discovery is a great car and the V6 diesel is a cracking engine in it's space but the V6 petrol would be better.
I was sat the other night in my convertible with the roof down - and engine off - waiting for someone and a woman came and parked near me in a diesel Outlander and kept the engine running for fifteen minutes. What a racket! We have all been fooled into buying these **** engines in our nice cars, putting up with the noise and the vibration through the gearstick, steering wheel & pedals all for what? The backlash against diesel is just getting going IMHO. Once parking permits and congestion charges penalise diesel more and NOX reports - in and out of the vehicle - get more coverage then we can all move back to better, quieter, lower real emissions cars.
PS We will all find it hilarious in 10-15 years time when we remember that people used to buy diesel convertibles , the ultimate stupid car purchase.
I was sat the other night in my convertible with the roof down - and engine off - waiting for someone and a woman came and parked near me in a diesel Outlander and kept the engine running for fifteen minutes. What a racket! We have all been fooled into buying these **** engines in our nice cars, putting up with the noise and the vibration through the gearstick, steering wheel & pedals all for what? The backlash against diesel is just getting going IMHO. Once parking permits and congestion charges penalise diesel more and NOX reports - in and out of the vehicle - get more coverage then we can all move back to better, quieter, lower real emissions cars.
PS We will all find it hilarious in 10-15 years time when we remember that people used to buy diesel convertibles , the ultimate stupid car purchase.
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Personally I think the Levante looks good. If I was in the market for that kind of thing it'd be on the short-list. A petrol one.
On the petrol / diesel debate you all doubtless saw that Norway will from 2025 ban the sale of cars which burn fuel ? Tesla is of course right proper chuffed. They already sell like hot-cakes in Scandi.
On the petrol / diesel debate you all doubtless saw that Norway will from 2025 ban the sale of cars which burn fuel ? Tesla is of course right proper chuffed. They already sell like hot-cakes in Scandi.
MrMickS
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If I was in the market for one I would take a look. I'll be interested to see it once it hits the showrooms anyway.
Why? For the same reason I bought the Ghibli instead of following the herd and buying German.
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interesting all these new models....would you buy a Levante for 70k or a Giulia Quadrofigli whatever for 60k.....
Different cars i hear you reply? are they? Is the Levante any better at transporting people around? anymore economical? certainly not faster and certainly wont be going off road
i like the Levante but i feel the Giulia is that good of a buy that if i could id buy that ahead of a Levante
Different cars i hear you reply? are they? Is the Levante any better at transporting people around? anymore economical? certainly not faster and certainly wont be going off road
i like the Levante but i feel the Giulia is that good of a buy that if i could id buy that ahead of a Levante
zagatoes30
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Alfa for me, almost tempted to look at a new one despite the depreciation