Ventura 1.5 TGDI Manual

First impessions. A lot of car for the money

Bought as a Pre-reg from Prestons Chelmsford
Previously had a Sportage 1.6 petrol and this car compares favourably, but better equipped for a whole lot less money.
Exellent fit and finish and easy to adapt to after Sportage as Dashboard layout nearly identical, but with customisable digital Speedo/rev counter display, so can just display the essentials.
Heated seats gorgeous, and very good lumbar support (important for me! ), front and rear parking sensors as well as reversing camera.
Space inside almost to hold a party... Room under boot floor for a full size spare wheel. Lots of cubby holes and a gigantic glove box too.
Early days yet, but easy to drive and looks good in white.

Good to know there is a 7 year 150,000 mile warranty and a 5***** NCAP rating with all the safety features I would expect on a car costing many thousands more.

Will update as time goes by. Too new to rate fuel economy.
Update 14/02/2022
Delighted with car, except for a misfire? when accelerating with an EML coming on repeating several times, with a sudden loss of power on the latest occasion, combined with the EML
Booked into dealers who diagnosed a faulty coil pack on one cylinder.
04/05/2022.
Six months on now and 3500 miles, zero further problems and satisfied with car.
06/06/2022.
Just driven to Belgium for 5 days and car took luggage, do and belgian roads in its stride. Completely stable at 120-130 km/h.
19/08/2022
Again just driven nearly 900 miles to Southern belgium and germany. Comfortable and stable on the road. Overall fuel consumption 38 mpg for this trip.
11/02/2023
Now 10500 miles at 15 months on, zero problems and fuel consumption satisfactory.
Best fuel consumption on a 400 mile drive one way approaching 40 mpg (39.8 if pedantic)

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