Chevy Captiva - Any good?
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Wife wants a diesel auto 7x seat 4x4 - nice set of requirements.
Have been looking at used xc90's but noticed that nearly new Chevy Captiva's are quite cheap - I assume this is because they are not that great or wanted - but as its only going to be a kid ferry to school and back, i wondered what the PH collective's experience of these are?
Have been looking at used xc90's but noticed that nearly new Chevy Captiva's are quite cheap - I assume this is because they are not that great or wanted - but as its only going to be a kid ferry to school and back, i wondered what the PH collective's experience of these are?
I've got one - a 7 seat auto.
Like an XC90 but half the price. 2 proper rearmost seats, nice and comfy. Reasonably reliable, easy as anything to drive and an ideal school run car, especially if you live in the country and need a bit of extra grip.
Yes, agreed the auto box is not the sharpest in the world but generally it's proven to be a bloody good car for what we want it for, a second car with space for all the family. Auto's seem to be the best choice as despite the 'box being a bit lazy the manuals are reported to have the usual dual mass flywheel problems.
If you need anything specific about these ask away, happy to help.
I have had three Antara's as company cars. I know the Chevy version has seven seats but otherwise pretty much the same car.
My experience was that I thought all the gearboxes were terrible! Manual got better when warm, the auto was better suited to the car but it was'nt a great gearbox. Both needed to be 6 speed, the engine was underpowered too. When plodding around it was ok but when you wanted a bit more to overtake safety it needed planning. Due to the poor gearbox and underpowered nature of the 2.0 diesel the mpg was very poor.
Through winter though the car was excellent and it was always very comfortable. It even handled ok for this type of car however the steering has no feel at all!
Interior is well speced with gadgets but the quality of the lower interior plastics was very poor and marked quite easily. I would expect after a few years they would be very scuffed.
The used Volvo will be much better quality, it wont loose as much money as a similar priced Chevy either so long term the better buy.
Good newswith the latest ones with the new 2.2 diesel, they now have enough power and 6 speed gearboxes, although i dont think the shift quality has improved much.
The chevy in particular has gone through quite a thorough facelift and interior revision too that make this a better car although the suspension has sacrificed some comfort for road holding.
My experience was that I thought all the gearboxes were terrible! Manual got better when warm, the auto was better suited to the car but it was'nt a great gearbox. Both needed to be 6 speed, the engine was underpowered too. When plodding around it was ok but when you wanted a bit more to overtake safety it needed planning. Due to the poor gearbox and underpowered nature of the 2.0 diesel the mpg was very poor.
Through winter though the car was excellent and it was always very comfortable. It even handled ok for this type of car however the steering has no feel at all!
Interior is well speced with gadgets but the quality of the lower interior plastics was very poor and marked quite easily. I would expect after a few years they would be very scuffed.
The used Volvo will be much better quality, it wont loose as much money as a similar priced Chevy either so long term the better buy.
Good newswith the latest ones with the new 2.2 diesel, they now have enough power and 6 speed gearboxes, although i dont think the shift quality has improved much.
The chevy in particular has gone through quite a thorough facelift and interior revision too that make this a better car although the suspension has sacrificed some comfort for road holding.
Edited by H100S on Tuesday 11th October 23:24
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