Vauxhall has revealed it all-new Crossland X, what it sees as a
second vital ingredient to the company’s burgeoning SUV offering, which is due
to grow still further in 2017 with the launch of the larger Grandland X later
in the year.
While the Crossland X’s
recently-launched sibling, the Mokka X, has all-wheel-drive capability, is 70mm
higher and has larger wheels for buyers “with a taste for adventure”, the
Crossland X has a more family focus, with a Tardis-like cabin providing “high
degrees of practicality and flexibility”.
At 4.21
metres in length the Crossland X is more compact than the Mokka X, and a full
16cm shorter than the Astra Hatch, offering owners greater convenience while
driving and manoeuvring in towns and cities. Adding to Crossland X’s urban
appeal is an elevated seating position and an overall height, which is raised
ten centimetres above the Astra’s.
Vauxhall
sees the Crossland X entering a different SUV class to the Mokka X, with rivals
such as the Renault Captur and Peugeot 2008. The Mokka X’s competitors include
the Nissan Juke and Skoda Yeti.
The
Crossland X has specially designed AGR-certified adjust their seating position
to increase leg room. This seating flexibility is equally valuable for luggage
capacity, which is a class-leading 410 litres with the rear seats up. The
flexibility of the rear seats allows the luggage capacity to be increased if
additional leg room is not required.
Additional
innovations, according to Vauxhall, in the Crossland X make driving safer and
more comfortable, and include a 180-degree panoramic rear-view camera, advanced
park assist, forward collision alert with pedestrian detection and autonomous
emergency braking, lane departure warning, speed sign recognition and side
blind-spot alert, among others.
Since
2012, the Mokka (which has recently been replaced by the new Mokka X) has found
more than 120,000 buyers in the UK, its single biggest market in Europe, and
this has been set against an SUV segment which have grown year-on-year. The
Crossland X is set to bring still more growth when it goes on sale this summer.
Forming
the first part of Vauxhall’s ‘Five-Star’ 2017, which will see five major
product launches in just one year, the Crossland X will be joined by another
newcomer to the ‘X’ family, the larger Grandland X which will compete in the
compact SUV class (SUV C-segment) later this year.
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