Kia Sorrento Auto

"Looks good? In the eye of the beholder, I suppose. The only practical use that I can see is keeping some of the road dirt off the sides of the car."

The only problem with keeping the mud off the sides of the car is it is just waiting to deposit it on your trousers!

"I now see that KIA has brought out the "EV" all electric vehicle with a range of over 500kms before charging required (fast charging as well) and claim it has a towing capability of 1600kgs but no price given!"

and i have just read a very good article on the charging infrastructure in the UK for the said EV's, nightmare, e.g. it would appear Tesla have their own charging points that can only be used by Tesla EV's, BP charge you 5pence more per Kw if you pay by credit card rather than using their app or their web site, and i gave up reading when they started talking about the different connectors various cars are fitted with, no standardisation etc seems like a nightmare and not like now, diesel/petrol, where you can pull into any filling station and top up. It would appear to me that we have a long way to go before you could use an EV to travel from Cornwall to Aberdeen without doing some serious planning, not for me just yet.

A few days ago on one of the morning dog walkers social distancing conferences (dogs excepted) in this area it was a majority vote that Hibrids is the way forward for many years into the future ,  unless huge amounts of money are invested in being more user friendly in so much as charging  at home for EVs is availble which for this area is at the moment impossible,

I tow with the same vehicle and tow an 1800 kg van with single axle. I've covered over 10000 miles towing in UK and Europe and have found the vehicle utterly reliable and rock solid. I tow with a ball weight of around 90-95kg. The car is worthy of all the awards it's won and the cavernous interior allows for carrying all those additional heavy items, including the kitchen sink. Enjoy your new 'van