EVEN GRANDER DESIGN(some text hidden)

By Jonathan Crouch

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The second generation Vauxhall Grandland is an enormous step forward over its unexceptional predecessor. Everything's been redesigned, there's now an EV version and the Griffin brand's been allowed to inject a bit of identity into this mid-sized SUV.

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Welcome to a different kind of Vauxhall Grandland, reinterpreted for a second generation. The rather dull MK1 design, first launched in 2017 as the 'Grandland X', then updated losing the 'X' moniker in 2021, was somewhat different; a lower mid-sized SUV that targeted Qashqais and Atecas but wasn't quite big enough to take on Kugas or Tiguans. However, Vauxhall's recent insertion of its new Frontera into its SUV range above the Mokka has enabled the second generation Grandland to be usefully larger - now a match in size for the Peugeot 3008 whose new 'STLA Medium' architecture and engineering it shares. This MK2 Grandland, which offers several different powertrains but is designed around the EV version, is the last Vauxhall model line to add a full-electric option and the first Stellantis-era design that Vauxhall/Opel has had much of a say in creating. Let's take a closer look.