The Black Edition offers the luxuries and tech you would expect in a car
It looked great when delivered not long after I arrived back from a couple of busy days at the Geneva Motor Show. Despite the arrival of a £300,000 Bentley Mulsanne test car, I got to test the practical 3.2 cu. m load area during my first weekend’s ownership, whilst clearing my parents garage of my old car magazine collection. The sliding side door in particular, was very welcome when loading.
Over the course of three-days, this van proved to be easy and comfortable to drive
I felt I really bonded with this stylish van on the car launches it’s been on this last month, contributing to the 600 odd miles I wound on to the Caddy. My favourite was two launches in the Cotwolds and Forest of Dean. Over the course of three-days, this van proved to be easy and comfortable to drive, with enough power to be fun – yet still frugal. Even though I wasn’t really trying, I still managed to get almost 520miles out of my first tank of diesel.
Plus, it attracted a lot of positive attention and comments at all of the events which was nice.
Even though the Black Edition is well-equipped for a van, these long trips made me wish it had a DAB radio and the sat-nav of my last car long-termer (my portable Tom Tom stuck to the windscreen was a regular feature of long Caddy trips!). Still I was grateful for the air-conditioning and the fact that the Bluetooth allowed streaming of music from my iPhone.
So why then am I talking about my new long-termer in the past and a very orangey Golf SV is in its parking space as I write?
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