It’s still very much in the balance, Glos Guy. We would go for the 4wd X1 too. At the price it would be rude not to. My one concern is the lack of digital tech on the X1 (I love the colour satnav map in front of the driver and the voice control on the XC40) which is already dated, and three years on will appear antidiluvian! But the interior of the X1 is better, even the one we have. The XC40 floor coverings (I won’t call them carpets) are pretty poor.
The lack of a digital dash doesn’t worry me at all Wigwam, as we have one on our Tiguan and having played around with it when we first got the car I never change it now, so it’s a waste of time for us and looks no different from a conventional dash! However, I was concerned that the small dash on the X1 is quite low down compared to the Tiguan and the digital speed display is right at the bottom of it. Also, I found it difficult to see the whole dash through the steering wheel, even though it’s a small dashboard. I have therefore added yet another option to my order – Technology Pack 2, which gives me Head-up Display and the larger 10.25” iDrive screen.
I’ve driven a few BMW’s with HUD and I loved it, as your current speed, speed limit, sat nav turn by turn instructions etc all look as though they are projected on the road ahead of you, so no need to keep glancing down. You can also configure it to display Check Control Messages and Media info, so it means that you really have no need to look at the dashboard at all, which means that I can get a perfect driving position without worrying if doing so obscures part of the dash. I think that will be significantly more useful to me than the digital dash that we have at present.
Also, voice control is standard on the X1 now and works perfectly first time, unlike the cr*p version of it we have in the VW.