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Tesla continues to omit Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, AM radio, a tyre repair kit, and a dedicated instrument display from its vehicles. As standard there is no tyre repair kit (it costs $125 extra) – let alone a spare wheel – nor a parcel shelf (a $650 extra), or a home charging cable ($550).
However the dreaded back-end lurch when the Falcon hits a mid-bend bump has disappeared, as has the need to take half a dozen bites at finding the right line in a corner. The test car’s steering at low speeds was also strangely heavy and dull, particularly just off centre. The indicator wand works with little finesse. In a word, legendary.
It’s a clever feature that we hope to see spread to Ford passenger cars, not just vans. The weight of the E-Transit Custom’s battery can be felt over bumps, and at times the wheels can react sharply to potholes and expansion joints in the road.
Materials used elsewhere are fair – the dashboard is soft to the touch, and there’s a good spread between glossy and matte plastics to keep your eyes entertained. Instead of a spare wheel, the MG 4 sadly has a tyre repair kit, and there’s no under-floor storage for the included charging cable. Can an MG 4 tow?
Tesla continues to omit Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, AM radio, a tyre repair kit, and a dedicated instrument display from its vehicles. inch instrument display, 360-degree camera, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, AM radio and a tyre repair kit. Instead, the Mustang Mach-E is equipped with a tyre repair kit.
There is 265 litres of boot space – 32L more than before – with illumination and a bag hook in the load area, and a 60:40 split-folding rear seat bench, but Suzuki has deleted the spare wheel in favour of a tyre repair kit. Service intervals are spread every 12 months or 15,000km, whichever comes first. Can a Suzuki Swift tow?
A niche or segment can go unrecognised for years, but once it hits, the popularity can spread like wildfire. The chassis’s inherent balance feels fine on well-maintained surfaces, but mid-corner bumps and broken surfaces reveal that it can be upset fairly easily. The crossover SUV is a great example. Should I buy a BYD Dolphin?
Looking around the cabin the MU-X LS-M has a large spread of harder plastics, but this to be expected given it is an entry-level model. Thankfully under the car there’s a full-sized spare wheel which is key given this kind of vehicle is frequently taken off-road and away from towns with tyre repair shops.
As with most electric cars, there is only a tyre repair kit, rather than a full-size or space-saver spare wheel. Services for the regular XPower are spread 24 months or 40,000km apart, and the bill amounts to $296 after the first service, $1258 after two, and $1554 after three. Around town, the XPower is easy to drive.
Under the boot floor you’ll find a space-saver spare wheel – worse than a full-size but better than a tyre repair kit. I drove the car at night and found the headlights were too dim to offer a nice spread in front of the car. I was impressed with the way the Vitara Turbo dealt with road imperfections and bumps in the bitumen.
There’s a really cool animation that spreads across the entire digital instrument cluster to let you know this is something serious. Sure it’s a small temporary space saver spare wheel, which isn’t as good as a proper full-size spare wheel, but it’s much better than a pesky tyre repair kit or nothing at all.
The ride becomes much more forgiving, though some bumps do still catch it out, and steady cruising or push-on overtaking sees the transmission behave exactly as it should. Mazda’s spread of CX-80 models means you can get into a CX-80 Pure for a very reasonable price, but the Touring grade is probably the most appealing one.
In the boot there’s a tyre repair kit in case you run into trouble. In the boot there’s a tyre repair kit in case you run into trouble. I love to see that Porsche has retained the cool curved instrument display in front of the driver – it first made its debut on the Taycan and has since spread throughout the brand’s line-up.
When closing, the doors stop dead if they detect an impact – you’ll feel the bump, but won’t be left mangled or crushed. One regular infotainment screen could easily handle all the functions spread across multiple displays here. Similarly, mid-corner bumps, when feeding in more power, can cause the car to lurch alarmingly.
It’s all intended to give passengers in the second row as much space as possible, which may be a strength for families that want the room to spread out. Instead, there’s a tyre repair kit, which is hardly appropriate for a large SUV. It’s not unbearable, but we’d stop short of calling it plush.
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