[Confusicated]

Am I going mad? I could have sworn the e-power in tekna trim was on the scheme. But now it’s gone. Am I misremembering?

I’ll just go bang my head against the wall over here.

Current: MY24 Renault Austral Iconic FHD.
Ordered 5/2/26: Chery Tiggo 8 'Summit' ICE
Previous Motability cars:
2013 Ford Focus estate auto.
2016 Vauxhal Zafira 1.4T SE Auto.
2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 auto AWD. (Ext lease)

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[kezo]

Confusicated wrote:

Our current (old shape) Vignale is a nice car and we rather fancied a change. Although the new Graphite Tech Kuga might be worth a look.

If your current Kuga is 2wd it will have a modern torsion beam setup, if its AWD it will have multilink.

Test drive the Austral or any other car then decide on a shortlist.

[Confusicated]

Vignale is AWD.
I always test drive but, yes, good point.

Current: MY24 Renault Austral Iconic FHD.
Ordered 5/2/26: Chery Tiggo 8 'Summit' ICE
Previous Motability cars:
2013 Ford Focus estate auto.
2016 Vauxhal Zafira 1.4T SE Auto.
2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 auto AWD. (Ext lease)

[kezo]

Confusicated wrote:

Vignale is AWD. I always test drive but, yes, good point.

It does seem from looking around manufacturers are using torsion beam setup on 2wd cars, some will be better than others obviously. I think the 20″ wheels the French like to use, will be the deal breaker on whether you find them fidgety or not at lower speeds but, coming from 19″ on your Kuga you may not notice much difference 🙂

I may wait another 6weeks or so and see what q4 brings!

[Confusicated]

I will take the risk of waiting. We extended the lease on our current Kuga last year due to the lack of choice. We must order by summer 2024, so gingers crossed something comes along before then.

Current: MY24 Renault Austral Iconic FHD.
Ordered 5/2/26: Chery Tiggo 8 'Summit' ICE
Previous Motability cars:
2013 Ford Focus estate auto.
2016 Vauxhal Zafira 1.4T SE Auto.
2019 Ford Kuga Vignale 1.5 auto AWD. (Ext lease)

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