Walking through the village the other day and came across a parked Mitsubishi Eclipse SUV demo car, first time I had seen one and it looked interesting and about the right size for my needs. Anyway the important point was that written on the side in big writing was that it's available in .....PETROL. Sign of the times? 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Going to see a lot more of this until scientists and Government advisors say Petrol is bad for the environment and we should all use diesel  If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

I called in to my local Mazda dealer yesterday.
My brother recently bought a 62 plate CX-5 SUV 2.2D 150bhp FWD with £30 tax and real time 60mpg, and he also said he had been looking at CX-3.
So I dropped in to have a look at the CX-3, which was a nice looking motor inside and out (but a bit small for my long legs) and that was a 2.0L Petrol with quite reasonable performance and economy.

Associated with that dealers is a Ford showroom under the same roof so I nipped in there to have a drool over the Ford Edge, but the first car I saw was an Ecosport ST-LINE 1.0L 140PS and I have to say it looked very very good. (boot was very small though!)

So yes, maybe some manufactures are starting already to swing towards petrol SUV as the way forward.

Rog,my better half went for an Ecosport an to be honest I would not like to in one if for any reason you needed some acceleration a bit quick.

when people say 'like s@@t off a shovel' well this one would have stuck on the shovel.

Felt cramped as well we come away without it and we are two shorties. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Freelander 2 HSE auto 2014 ( Florrie ) ..... Try again.
Freelander 2 GS 2012...... Gone.

handsome beast that eclipse is it only for driving during an eclipse when everyone is gawping at the sun not at the fellow in the worlds ugliest car? At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

JulesK wrote:

Rog,my better half went for an Ecosport an to be honest I would not like to in one if for any reason you needed some acceleration a bit quick.

when people say 'like s@@t off a shovel' well this one would have stuck on the shovel.

Felt cramped as well we come away without it and we are two shorties.

RogB wrote:

I called in to my local Mazda dealer yesterday.
My brother recently bought a 62 plate CX-5 SUV 2.2D 150bhp FWD with £30 tax and real time 60mpg, and he also said he had been looking at CX-3.
So I dropped in to have a look at the CX-3, which was a nice looking motor inside and out (but a bit small for my long legs) and that was a 2.0L Petrol with quite reasonable performance and economy.

Associated with that dealers is a Ford showroom under the same roof so I nipped in there to have a drool over the Ford Edge, but the first car I saw was an Ecosport ST-LINE 1.0L 140PS and I have to say it looked very very good. (boot was very small though!)

So yes, maybe some manufactures are starting already to swing towards petrol SUV as the way forward.

..... " Freelander is not going anywhere " .........


I think you will find ........it can go anywhere .....

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marcusfordus wrote:

I was in there the day before, looking at the CX-3 too !

Very good car, but pricey new if you want the 150hp awd petrol. No turbo on it either. I was looking at swapping the Civic as its three years old in September. Freelander is not going anywhere.

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Wonder what speed that clocked up

(groan) FL2 Ex D2, D3, RRS, etc. now all gone.