The CycleChat Large SUV Owners Club thread

[Venod]

I would rather have a Macan than a 911.

 

[Drago]

I know a chap who's on his second Macan and its a bit of an iron fist in a velvet glove.

At my size with a knackered hip I too would probably choose the Macan over a 911.

Or more probably neither.

 

[Jameshow]

I have to say that I don't really get it. If I wanted an Aston Martin I'd want a DB7 or a Vanquish. If I wanted a Porsche I'd want a 911. If I wanted a Lotus I'd want an Emira or Evija.

If I wanted an SUV I'd buy one from a company that specialises in SUVs rather than paying an extra £30k or so just to have a sporty name badge.

All a bit of a rehash of the Audi Q8 tbh!

 

[icowden]

All a bit of a rehash of the Audi Q8 tbh!

And of course they all use the MLB. Obviously the Audi Q4 e-tron uses the MEB platform which is also used by Cupra, Skoda, VW and Ford (explorer and capri, not mach-e).

 

[icowden]

Sadly SUVs are a triumph of marketing over common sense and the population at large have swallowed the bait. Even the wealthy tend to follow the herd.

To be fair, they are great if you have a family. Good ground clearance, decent boot size and room for 5 people in comfort (or 7 in the big ones).

 

[icowden]

I guess the thinking is "I must have an SUV, there's no question about that... but also I fancy the machismo and mystique of a porsche, and I'm willing to pay"

Yes, there certainly seem to be a fair number of those sorts of posh SUVs in the car park when I pick up my kids in the ID4. My favourite is still the plonker who picks up his daughter in a Lamborghini ?Huracan? possibly. Following him over all the speed bumps is hilarious.

 

[Jenkins]

Forgot!
Sunday AM, whilst heading to work, I saw one of those Aston-Martin 'SUVs'
What a fugly thing it is!, very remiscent of the Ford Kuga, when they updated it to look like it had the front half of a Focus welded on, like a 'cut & shut'

If you think the Aston's fugly, then you've not seen the Ferrari Purosangue which outdoes it by a very large measure.

 

[icowden]

If you think the Aston's fugly, then you've not seen the Ferrari Purosangue which outdoes it by a very large measure.

I prefer the Ferrari out of the two if I'm honest.

 

[Gunk]

And of course they all use the MLB. Obviously the Audi Q4 e-tron uses the MEB platform which is also used by Cupra, Skoda, VW and Ford (explorer and capri, not mach-e).

The Q4 IMO is the most successful of the MLB platform variants

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

If you think the Aston's fugly, then you've not seen the Ferrari Purosangue which outdoes it by a very large measure.

In that case, I don't think I dare even look for it

 

[icowden]

The Q4 IMO is the most successful of the MLB platform variants

Possibly although I'm not keen on Audi's baffling array of different model variants