Impressive car, love the in-and-outside very much...space is very important....please can you explain 50MPG is the 50 miles per Gallon....so 1 gallon GB is 4.55 liter. 50 miles is 80.5 km so you drive 1 liter to 17.6 km which is good, I do 1 liter to 15 km...but we have an 1.6 motor 115 horse power....
Have a lot of safe driving whith it....

chunter: Yes, that's right Astrid - MPG is miles per gallon. For a car this size that's a pretty good return. My old brain can't easily understand the 'new' way of representing the fuel consumption so I still use the traditional method. Either way, I don't have to fill it up too frequently.

It begs the question why do people buy people carriers. Estate cars are by far the most useful vehicle you can have. I've had loads and would love one of these.

chunter: MPVs are peculiar vehicles - you can carry several people but if they each have a suitcase you're up the creek without a paddle. Not suitable for, say, the airport run unless they are not fully loaded with people; so as you say, why a people carrier?

Beautiful new car! Great pics of it.

I did another answer on my blog about the photos from Horseshoe Bay to Whistler,BC. but it didn't post the link to them on Flickr. Perhaps it will on here because I've put the Flickr page address into the blog address on this message.

When are you going to the Vancouver area?

Anne

chunter: I've just been over to your Flickr blog and left a boatload of comments, but the nuts and bolts of it is that I now can't wait to go.

We are arriving in Vancouver at the end of June - 26th I think - for 16 nights. We're all (four 50 somethings) gathering information to help us build an itinerary to make the best of our time there based on our interests. Generally we acclimatise (acclimate?) for a day or two in the city of arrival before collecting an SUV to start the tour. Your images are so helpful. You are a one-woman tourism shop. Thank you.

Oh! Then you might get a chance to go to Stanley Park and the Aquarium. There was a lot of damage done to the trees and the seawall walkway December before last. A lot of restoration has been done in the most travelled tourist parts - but a lot remains in the forested areas (you can see all this as you head out across Lion's Gate Bridge through the Park. The Bridge connects Vancouver downtown with West Vancouver. All the ships come into the port of Vancouver under that bridge. More bridges across the waterway that comes in from English Bay to the Port and becomes the Burrard Inlet. It's actually a huge park in the downtown west end. It is an amazing city really - 15 or 20 minutes ride to ski,play tennis and golf and you won't have enough time to photograph everything you want to. I've started posting some aquarium stuff on my blog at http://annesgallery@aminus3.com

chunter: Thanks for this additional info Anne. Fuller reply offline.

I'm not sure how you managed to negotiate this with Mrs Chunter... but it looks fantastic!!! Very nice choice I must say. A lot more practical for a photographer than our little two seater (which struggles to fit much more than a tripod in the boot). Lovely set of shots too...

chunter: Ah, when I left VF I had to buy her a new car, so it wasn't too difficult. Also, this one came in at several thousand below new price for various reasons.

It's certainly practical and Mrs H thinks it drives well too, although she has to remember that, unlike hers, it has a clutch!

A fine machine you have here Happy motoring!

Lovely shots of the car Colin. 50mpg!?! WOW! My next one is a diesel for sure

chunter: Diesel's are so good these days and it's hard to tell from inside that it's not a petrol engine (except for the incredible torque and the turbo if you have a TDCi), but the MPG depends entirely on the type of driving you do. Lately, on short trips into and around town, I'm hard pushed to better 40 MPG, but on motorway or longer A road trips, it's definitely 50+.