Does the General sell the Captiva or equivalent in the US?

[dug777]

http://www.holden.com.au/www-h...icleentry?vehicleid=30

I've driven a diesel one and while it didn't jump from a standstill, it was very punchy once it got going, excellent on the freeway and overtaking.

Blind spots were atrocious, but it's deceptively spacious for what it really a relatively small vehicle. Very comfortable ride too.

Economical in diesel guise at least, diesels are a good match for these kind of vehicles assuming you don't want to drag people off at the lights...

 

[Vette73]

Looks like the Buick Enclave/Saturn Outlook/Chevy Traverse/etc...

As far as I know the US versions i losted above are Gas only. We, US, have higher standards for diesel and also people here liek to race from light to light.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Looks like the Buick Enclave/Saturn Outlook/Chevy Traverse/etc...

As far as I know the US versions i losted above are Gas only. We, US, have higher standards for diesel and also people here liek to race from light to light.

What petrol motor do you use over there?

Here:

3.2litre V6, 169kW/297Nm here, 11.5l/100km.

cf diesel:

2litre 4cyl, 100kW/320Nm, 7.6l/100km in manual guise, 8.7l/100km in 5sp auto.

 

[Vette73]

the 288hp 3.6L V-6

 

[JulesMaximus]

Large cars aren't selling for shit here in the states now. In fact, cars in general aren't selling here.

 

[Strk]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975
Looks like the Buick Enclave/Saturn Outlook/Chevy Traverse/etc...

As far as I know the US versions i losted above are Gas only. We, US, have higher standards for diesel and also people here liek to race from light to light.

If he's describing it as small, it's not one of those. The Enclave is huge. That looks like the Saturn Vue (a rebadged Opel that I can't remember the name of).

 

[Throckmorton]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Captiva

The Holden Captiva is a crossover SUV sold under the Holden name, and built by GM Daewoo in South Korea since 2006.

* SX, CX, LX: badge engineered versions of the Daewoo Winstorm.
* MaXX: badge engineered version of the Opel Antara.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Theta_platform

Vehicles

Chevrolet Equinox
Pontiac Torrent
Saturn Vue
Suzuki XL-7
GMC Terrain
Saab 9-4X

 

[xanis]

The closest equivalent is, I would think, the GMC Acadia. And no, we don't get a turbodiesel, or any diesel for that matter here in the USA.

 

[dug777]

Interesting, thanks folks

To put the diesel performance into context, iirc the corolla gets 7.4l/100km.

 

[Falloutboy]

its just a theta platform, same platform as Saturn Vue and Equinox among others, the larger suvs are Lamda platform

 

[Hyperlite]

Originally posted by: Falloutboy
its just a theta platform, same platform as Saturn Vue and Equinox among others, the larger suvs are Lamda platform

right. Lamda is Acadia, Traverse, outlook, enclave