MODEL TESTED: Grandland GS 1.2 Turbo
PRICE: £31,730 POWERTRAIN: 1.2-litre 3cyl, 128bhp
SINCE its release in 2017, the Vauxhall Grandland has quietly gone about its business admirably well, without ever quite offering the wow factor to top the class. Can this new model, which in GS trim and with a 1.2-litre turbocharged petrol engine starts at £31,730, be enough for it to make that final step?
Tech highlights
IN February 2022, UK sales began for a revised Grandland model, which dropped the previous X off its name, but more significantly gained a restyled exterior and overhauled interior design. Mechanically, it was identical to the pre-facelift car, using the same EMP2 platform, the same engine line-up and the same chassis settings.
For 2023, however, Vauxhall’s engineers
