Island Life Magazine Ltd December 2010/January 2011 | Page 104

motoring

TEST DRIVEN
ON THE ISLAND
By Roz Whistance

Island Life - December 2010

Sharan

VW’s gentle giant
If once, moons ago, you drove a people

grill. But looks count for very little if

pop-up booster seats which children

carrier, you probably swore you’d never

the passengers aren’t happy.

love to claim as their own. All seats are

get in one again – however large a

They will be. The space inside is huge,

firmly but comfortably upholstered, and

family you had. But the new VW Sharan

offering a comfortable ride for all seven

when flattened, the boot is a massive

is here to say that MPVs have grown

passengers. The boot has depth, so

2,297 litres.

up. Now comfort has equal billing with

even when the third row of seats is in

practicality.

use there’s room for luggage. Those

people carriers of old is the rear sliding

The Sharan looks good, which for

seats can be flattened completely, but

door – so practical in tight parking

a car this long is an achievement in

when in use they have their own foot

bays. If you opt for the Park Assist

itself. There is nothing van-like about

well, unlike some 7-seaters, enabling

facility you’ve really got parking taken

it, the smokey tinted window line rising

a comfortable journey for adults as

care of.

and tapering towards the back, the

well as the children. The seats in row

glass halogen headlights, which are

two, which also flatten to give acres of

off you feel the weightiness of this

range-adjustable, framing the sleek

space, can be fitted with VW’s integral

car, yet the engine is quiet and the

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One welcome feature owed to the

And now for the drive. As you move

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