Hi,
Having just got back from a 4 day trip to Devon and the first family trip in the car since receiving it I thought a small review maybe of use to others. I got the car at the end of May and covering just shy of 2k miles as we set off so the engine was run in and I've had zero issues with the car during this time.
My family consist of a fairly standard 2 adults and 2 teenage children plus a small dog so the packing included a large suitcase, 2 travel cases, large dog crate, dog bed, bag of supplies plus coats\shoes which all fitted nicely in the boot, This was a nice surprise as I've always had some doubt over the capability of the boot vs my 3 series I had previously.
All loaded up the car pulled happily and on the total drive from Oxford to Devon averaged 59mpg (actually 65 until we hit the a roads in Devon). Over the 4 days there we hit the standard tourist spots and quite often via small backroads so I was quite frequently going through the gears which the Arona coped well with. I used a mix of the built in satnav which worked well but I find the destination search is slow so frequently used google maps through android auto which again was faultless.
I covered just shy of 450 over the 4 days and averaged 49mpg over the complete journey. Only one issue was all of us found the seats gave a bit of a numb bum after driving for over 2 hours which I never experienced in the BMW but its only a small niggle.
Photos of the car fully loaded & filthy the day we headed back
Thanks
Having just got back from a 4 day trip to Devon and the first family trip in the car since receiving it I thought a small review maybe of use to others. I got the car at the end of May and covering just shy of 2k miles as we set off so the engine was run in and I've had zero issues with the car during this time.
My family consist of a fairly standard 2 adults and 2 teenage children plus a small dog so the packing included a large suitcase, 2 travel cases, large dog crate, dog bed, bag of supplies plus coats\shoes which all fitted nicely in the boot, This was a nice surprise as I've always had some doubt over the capability of the boot vs my 3 series I had previously.
All loaded up the car pulled happily and on the total drive from Oxford to Devon averaged 59mpg (actually 65 until we hit the a roads in Devon). Over the 4 days there we hit the standard tourist spots and quite often via small backroads so I was quite frequently going through the gears which the Arona coped well with. I used a mix of the built in satnav which worked well but I find the destination search is slow so frequently used google maps through android auto which again was faultless.
I covered just shy of 450 over the 4 days and averaged 49mpg over the complete journey. Only one issue was all of us found the seats gave a bit of a numb bum after driving for over 2 hours which I never experienced in the BMW but its only a small niggle.
Photos of the car fully loaded & filthy the day we headed back
Thanks