Vauxhall Grandland review - Interior & comfort

Once you step into the Vauxhall Grandland, it’s clear the brand has put in work to make the cabin a more pleasing, tech-filled place to be compared with the old car. While it’s definitely an improvement, there are still places where there are scratchy plastics and pieces of trim with noticeable gaps – with that said, the majority of the most frequent touch points are well finished.

We were happy to see the inclusion of some physical controls for the climate controls that mean it’s easier to adjust these settings on the move, rather than having everything accessible solely through the touchscreen. If you’ve spent any amount of time in a Peugeot recently, you’ll notice lots of the controls, such as the drive selector, are borrowed from that brand’s cars.

Is the Vauxhall Grandland’s infotainment and sat-nav system easy to use?

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The Vauxhall Grandland gets a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment display on the centre of the dash as standard, while the GS and Ultimate trims get a larger 16-inch unit. The system itself is responsive and the smartphone pairing function was seamless. However, we found the map function to be incredibly laggy in the EV test car, although we’ve been told this will soon be rectified – unfortunately not by the time the first orders are delivered.

Is the Vauxhall Grandland well equipped?

The Vauxhall Grandland feels well equipped as standard and comes on 19-inch alloy wheels, as well as getting the brand’s PureSense suite of driver assistance and safety tech including lane keep assist, autonomous emergency braking, traffic sign recognition, front and rear parking sensors, a driver fatigue monitor and intelligent speed assist. There’s also wireless Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard and dual-zone climate control. 

Unfortunately the entry-level Design model does look rather pedestrian, so many buyers might consider it worth the money to upgrade to GS for slightly sportier styling and the illuminated bar on the front Vauxhall Vizor as well as other upgrades.