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Engine: 15-litre petrol, 85hp/124Nm Ttangnissions: 4x2 front-wheel drive; 5spd manual

4th January 2007, Page 31
4th January 2007
Page 31
Page 31, 4th January 2007 — Engine: 15-litre petrol, 85hp/124Nm Ttangnissions: 4x2 front-wheel drive; 5spd manual
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GVVV: 1,680kg Cab: single At less than £6,500, the Proton Jumbuck is probably Britain's cheapest four-wheeled CV. Its origins are Malaysian via Norfolk, as Proton also owns Lotus. It boasts Lotus input in its development but the steering and handling came in for the worst criticism when we drove it.

Two of the handicaps it faces in the marketplace are the lack of a diesel engine and four-wheeldrive. Despite the latter, the former means it probably uses 50% more fuel than a decent oil-burner could achieve. It's not all negative, though, as its car origins provide a reasonably comfortable environment. although the base model provides the last refuge of the vinyl seat. Looked at as a cheap motorised wheel-barrow, it begins to make sense.

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v Price V Comfortable cockpit X Handling X Petrol engine

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