Chevrolet Captiva

We had one of these (2013 model). Cheap, rattly, creaking plastic interior when driving. Definitely not as well put together as a Japanese car. Passengers often complained of bad ergronomics, car sickness, and bad accesibility (esp to the 3rd row). For an SUV, it was embarrassing that it often scraped the front bumper "Skirting" On kerbs when parking head first. Where's all that height clearance gone? To drive up a kerb, one would need to go sideways by doing a full lock to get the front wheel to stick out and mount from there. Engine was weak, when I rev hard, instead of VTEC kicking in, all it did was to convert the petrol into more noise. My passenger friends kept laughing at me when I tried to rev. Petrol consumption was bad too - about 200+ to 300+ km/tank. Also felt weaker than a 2.0 Honda mpv of similar weight (1.5 tons). -Within first year, power window failed, wipers anyhow wipe, door seal popped off. -On 3rd year, power steering failed - leaked a red juice onto the street. Chevy repaired all that for free, but will never buy any American car again. They are cheap, but they aren't cheerful. Better spend more money and get a Japanese car, at least it won't rattle, have better interiors that are well pieced together, and cannot possibly break down ever, you will die before your japanese car does.... Read More

Tried Orlando and Captiva. Feel that power wise they are the same given Orlando is 1.4 with turbo though. More features than Orlando but still feel they are quite basic. Comparison might be unfair as I had driven X-trial before this. If compared to Outlander, it is definitely quieter.... Read More