My original post disappeared, so here we go again!
I had a Koleos 4WD diesel Auto for an extended 2 day test drive last year, and to be honest I was glad to hand it back.
Firstly as is said above, the CVT gearbox was truly awful. When pulling away at roundabouts etc, the delay before the vehicle actually started to move was frightening. On a wet road, it was even worse.
Driving it is sport mode was better, however returned mpg in the 20’s, which for a diesel was not good.
The 4WD drive system is one of those which reverts to 2WD above 25mph unless the car thinks it needs to be in 4WD. On snowy/wet (as it was during the test drive) country roads when I wanted it in 4WD for better traction, the car thought otherwise, and I got stuck twice (the tyres on it which are conventional summer road tyres probably didn’t help either).
Other than the actual centre of the seats, the sides parts/wings of the ‘leather’ seats were actually ‘faux’ leather (in other words 1970’s vinyl). With the heated seats on, it made for a sweaty time either side of my back.
I don’t want to rain on your parade, but make sure you do get an extended test drive in the Koleos as I thought it looked great on paper and in the brochure – until I actually tried it out.
Dave