@AzzaL14 you might already know that I’ve had the GTLS MHEV for a while now.
The reason I originally decided to go for the MHEV after just missing out on the HEV was the reasoning that the £700 lower AP price would compensate for the poorer mpg. The official WLTP figures showed the HEV as being approx. 20% more economical. In reality, it’s over 30%.
Some things you should consider before cancelling –
I think you need to consider how many miles you drive and the type of driving. HEV’s perform well in areas that ICE/MHEVs do not, i.e. short, stop-start driving. Theoretically, on long runs the MHEV should be very similar in efficiency as the HEV.
Delivery times. As far as I can tell, KIA dealerships really don’t get fed much info about cars ETAs. Many customers cars seem to arrive out of the blue. I only got a few days notice. As for the Nissan’s delivery time, I’d struggle to believe it. When I ordered the Sportage I was shown a print out of expected delivery times and even though this print out was not for the public to see, it was still completely inaccurate. My son has a Nissan Arriya on order and was told it would be here before the end of the year. Now been told April – May. You wrote “Perhaps if there wasnt any delays in the MHEV, i would not be considering alternatives.”, if the delays are your main reason, I’d definitely not cancel the order. I think you were unlucky in choosing Penta grey. I read of many customers choosing this colour having a longer wait.
Issues with the MHEV Sportage. I have, like many, had a clogged PPF. Very frustrating as I didn’t go for the diesel, partly because I know that the DPFs on all modern diesels need a good run fairly often and I can’t guarantee that. There’s also been a few other niggling issues with the car, but nothing too serious. I really don’t know much about the XTrail, so although I don’t know of any problems with it, there might be even more than with the Sportage.
I would only change to the X-Trail, if I actually preferred that vehicle and also drove MANY miles to recuperate some of the extra AP. I really can’t emphasise enough that personally I would not believe that the X-Trail would arrive before the Sportage.