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conventional petrol unitwill kick in and tell you that you’ve been too heavy on the throttle to enable EV mode. In fairness though, this car is a
to the driving experience. On to the engine - okay, engines -
assuming you count the relatively low capacity electric systemas an engine in its own right. The electric system can be used (when fully charged) for limited town-based driving only, up to amaximumspeed of around 28 or 29miles per hour. Push the accelerator too hard, and the
hybrid, so the electric systemisn’t really designed to power the car on its own, but rather is intended to compliment the petrol unit, improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Which it does very effectively.But here’s the problem… the gearbox. For me, it just didn’t change gearwhen I wanted it to. I suspect themanual gearboxwould have beenmore to my driving style, but the automatic systemjust didn’tmeasure up, and let down an otherwise great looking car. I had high hopes for theC-HR, but I
think that set a high bar to target and the SUVnever quite lived up tomy expectations. That faultmay liewith me, or itmay liewith the automatic gearbox, but eitherway, the experiencewasn’t quitewhat I had hoped. Iwould have to drive the manual (and in fact the full-petrol
model) before decidingwhether to park one of these inmy garage, but the automatic hybrid is unfortunately a no. One other saving grace however
was the ability to rewind the radio. Discovered by accident on the penultimate day ofmy review, I spotted the button and, having missed an interesting news story, realised I could simply back it up and listen again.Why this isn’t a common feature on every car I do not know- it can’t be that hard to store a ten- minute buffer… but anyway… To sumup, it’s a great looking car,
and I truly hope the automatic gearboxwas the source of the issues I hadwith the car and themanual would have sorted this. I really hope this is the case because I still think, whenever I see one of these inmy mirrors, that it looks great and Iwant one… just not the automatic.
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