On 09/04/2021 14:49, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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bert wrote:
In article , GB
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On 07/04/2021 15:03, T i m wrote:

Talking of inconsiderate people g, it seems there is a report that
has suggested the SUV's are the top 10 vehicles in the list of most
polluting vehicles used in cities and the owners the least likely to
take them (inc the 4WD ones) off road.
The reason they are so high on the list is that the marketing is the
most aggressive because the profit margins are the greatest.
People don't 'need' these SUVs (in the main and especially in the
inner city) but are made to believe they do by the marketing.


They get used for the school run. Half a dozen yummies take turns
picking up and dropping off each other's children, and so they need
fairly large vehicles to fit them all in. A people carrier or large SUV
fits the bill.

It's the shape people prefer rather than what comes out of a wind
tunnel. BTW a large number of Evoques now on the road are 2 wheel drive.

Amazing how many people like driving something the size of a van.

When was the last time you drove a modern van?

https://www.ultimatespecs.com/car-sp...Turbo-125.html

For the Vivaro 1.6 BiTurbo
Top Speed: 106mph
0 to 62mph: 12s

Your Rover might match this but I doubt it is as refined or will get the
mpg of this pretty standard van. You will be high up and can anticipate
what the car in front, or the car in front of that, will do.