2019-04-01 CAR UK (1)

Everything from

an Elise to a

Discovery, via a

911, but no room

for an MPV

demand to stay strong.

Les McNee

The focus among seven-seat buyers

has shifted to SUVs, but you’re right

to identify the S-Max in particular as

an MPV that transcends its genre. BM

On the button

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In general, I agree with the February

Letter of the Month regarding electron-

ic parking brakes. My 987 Boxster had a

very disappointing hill-holder function.

Maybe it’s because I’ve spent most of

my life in very hilly surroundings, but

the fact that Porsche felt its owners

were incapable of starting on any sort of

incline without a nanny was insulting.

The hill-holder was so slow to

disengage that I always expected to be

hit from behind by some yahoo who hit

the gas the instant my brake lights went

off. It seemed like an eternity before the

car would allow me to move.

My new six-speed 718 Cayman S

still has this feature along with the

electronic parking brake, but, appar-

ently because the two features could

now be combined into the same control

software, the hill-holder releases the

instant any of the three pedals moves so

that I’m not stuck waiting for the car to

allow me to go.

Now, if only they could get it to

engage as quickly as it releases...

John Tuleibitz

Fear not

After all your huffing and puffing about

the vulgarity of the latest breed of big

SUVs and crossovers, I could barely

believe how inoffensive the Audi Q8

looked when I finally saw one on the

road. Admittedly it was in black – often

a colour chosen to hide a dodgy design

• but even so it didn’t look at all out of
  place on the A1, and all the elements
  seemed to be in proportion.
  Will the BMW X7 (and indeed the
  7-series) also turn out to be rather less
  terrifying than you’d led me to believe?
  The Lamborghini Urus, on the
  other hand, surely will be rather more
  striking than the stealth-black one you
  featured in your March Giant Test,
  won’t it? Not that I’m expecting to see a
  Urus on the road any time soon.
  Hugo Rice

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