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Julian Manes
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Asa standalone van operating on the road, without the XTR+ add-ens engaged, the Dispatch continues to create only minimal impact on the CM psyche. It lacks that certain something to really grab our attention. There's nothing particularly wrong with it. The vehicle drives, corners and stops OK, while the payload and volume are both up there. But we can't point to anything that we really liked.
That said, the Citroen is a well-built machine, a pre-requisite when you've gone off-road. And it's here that the XTR+ makes sense. For the part-time rambler, having added traction when it is needed provides reassurance when you do venture off the beaten track.
It's by no means an all-terrain conqueror, with obvious limitations in its two-wheel-drive arrangement, yet the system surprised us with its ability to plough on in the snow.
There's also the fact that it adds minimal weight to the package and doesn't impinge on fuel consumption. Factor in these, and the Dispatch in XTR+ guise looks viable.