Chevrolet Captiva LTZ Revealed

The new, range-topping Chevrolet Captiva LTZ

Simmer. Don’t get too excited. Chevrolet have launched a new, range-topping model of the soft-roader Captiva on to the market. And it’s £20,000 cheaper than a Range Rover Sport. So Chevrolet tell us.

Joshing apart, the Captiva is probably the most able of Chevy’s offerings in the UK. That doesn’t make it a great buy, but it is a cheaper way to get in to a Vauxhall Antara if you felt the urge (no, not many do) as it’s the self same car. Both made in Korea. By Daewoo.

This particular soft-roader is the range-topping Chevrolet Captiva LTZ. It offers goodies like leather, Climate, Cruise, electric seats, auto lights and wipers and privacy glass. You also get – for the first time in a Captiva – a touchscreen SatNav and reversing camera. Which makes the standard kit on the Captiva LTZ more than decent.

Power comes from a 2.0 litre, 148bhp VCDi which offers 0-60 in something around 12 seconds and offers 38mpg as a manual and 32mpg as an auto. Which probably tells you all you need to know about the auto.

It’s not a terrible buy, the Chevrolet Captiva. And the LTZ has a decent spec. But if you wanted to define the opposite of cool in this sector this is probably it. And the depreciation won’t be horribly healthy either. But it’s a decent drive – in a soft sort of way – and doesn’t look at all bad apart from the horrible grill.

If you need a soft-roader of this size we’d probably opt for one of the PSA/Mitsubishi lot, something like the Peugeot 4007 or the new Mitsubishi Outlander.

But the Captiva is probably a better bet than the Vauxhall Antara. Even if this range-topper costs £27,305 for the manual and £28,630 for the auto.

By Cars UK