Declan, I’m with you on the exterior styling of the Grandland X. There’s a black one that drives past my house regularly and I think it has an expensive look about it. The back has a lot of black plastic and the car being black blends it in nicely. The same can also be said for the 3008, I think in black it’s got a bit of RR Evoque about it. Peugeot are really on the ball with their styling at the minute. Can’t think of many/any that even come close to them
I love looking at black cars, but they are a bugger to keep clean and maintain the paintwork in good condition. I had a Citroen C5 a few years back and it was soul destroying spending all the time cleaning and detailing it, only for it to get dirty again on its first run up the road!
I’m gonna have a run up to the Vauxhall dealers today to have a close up look at the Grandland X. I am mindful though that 2 youtube videos that I watched yesterday on the car highlighted a creaky and shaky arm on the door that houses the window switches. I want to check that out for myself as creaks and rattles in a car just drives me mad.
Both the 3008 and the GLX are 3 years old now and so will be presumably also be having mid-life facelifts in the next few months….