Opel is freshening up the Grandland, painting the X and giving the compact SUV a new face with better light and a new cockpit. The lightning crossover has also increased its range a little.
Sometimes the little things also make a difference. And that can definitely be decisive. Looking at the data sheet, we noticed that the refreshed Opel Grandland Hybrid4 now has a maximum all-electric range of 65 kilometers, which is six kilometers more than before. Since paper is known to be patient, we rummaged through our documents and found out that we could stroll 41 kilometers with the pre-facelift model. This time it was 44 kilometers. That doesn’t sound like much, but it can make a difference when looking for a charging station.
But that’s just one of several news. The Opel Grandland of the 2022 model year really deserves the name facelift. The designers have now given the crossover the new brand face called “Vizor”. Everyone should decide for themselves whether the Grandland has optically won (we think so). Technically, the new visor is definitely a step forward, because in the narrow headlights there are 84 LED elements, which are arranged in three rows, as adaptive light “gray out” the oncoming traffic and light up in the curve. Those in the know know: This technology comes from the Insignia. “The Grandland is our second flagship,” beamed Marketing Director Albrecht Schäfer.
Technically, that is far from the end of the story of the new face. When cleaning up the front, the technicians converted the front collision warning system into an automotive egg-laying assistant woolly pig and bundled helpers such as automatic emergency braking, pedestrian and traffic sign recognition and adaptive cruise control including stop-and-go system in one device. However, the eight-speed automatic transmission is necessary for this. Another innovation is the “Night Vision”, which is already known from other models of the Stellantis Group that are based on the EMP2 platform and which not only recognizes pedestrians but also smaller animals such as rabbits from 100 meters.
The Opel surgeons have also put on the scalpel and modernized the instrument panel inside. The driver now looks at the Pure Panel Cockpit, consisting of a twelve inch instrument panel and a ten inch touchscreen. We have to disappoint everyone who is already rubbing their hands with joy because their freshly ordered Grandland will be delivered after the dealership launch on October 16 and will therefore be able to enjoy the Astra cockpit. It is the version that is installed in the current Opel Mokka. It is still a step forward compared to the previous infotainment, even if the touchscreen has a wide frame and the graphics of the Tomtom navigation on the central touchscreen looks old-fashioned. The Opel managers speak of a “digital detox”. “We don’t want to overload our customers with digital information,” explains series manager Thomas Overhaus, meaning that the driver of the new Grandland can determine within a certain framework where something is displayed. The trick has the propagated success: The instrument cluster in particular looks tidier than before. But compared to competitors like the VW Tiguan, the air for the French Rüsselsheimer is thin.
When driving, the Opel PHEV crossover excels with its system output of 221 kW / 300 kW, which is made up of 147 kW / 200 PS of the combustion engine and the power of the two electric motors 81.2 kW / 110 PS on the front axle and 83 kW / 113 The result is good horsepower on the rear axle (unchanged compared to the pre-facelift model). As long as the 13.2 kilowatt hour battery has juice, the Grandland is one of the bosses in the ring and accelerates smoothly. Then 100 km / h are reached after 6.1 seconds from standstill and the end is 235 km / h. With E-Power we consumed 1.6 l / 100 km during our test drive, 0.1 liters less than Opel claims. After the battery was empty, the average consumption rose to 3.9 l / 100 km. As soon as the batteries are empty, the Opel has a harder time, but it is still fast on the road.
The fact that the Grandland is still leaning in the bends will only bother pronounced driving dynamics. On the other hand, the fact that the all-wheel drive is only available up to 135 km / h due to the electric motor on the rear axle or its speeds is more of a concern. This speed corresponds to the maximum purely electric speed. The all-wheel drive is fully electric only up to 80 km / h. The onboard charger fills the energy storage with the mode 3 charging cable and 7.4 kW of power in around two hours.
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