, having a 7.4kW Indra fast charger at home means I won’t have to pay through the nose to top up with electricity from a public charger en route; the Atto 3’s official 260-mile range means it should be able to tackle that distance.
Its next – and even more important – task, is to make said commute pleasurable. To ace this mission, the Atto 3 needs to be quiet, comfy and effortless to drive, and its stereo needs to be good. The Civic, with its Bose sound system, did particularly well in the latter regard, but then again, it needed powerful sounds to overcome the amount of tyre noise. Bearing in mind that the Att0 3’s tyres are the same width as the Civic’s, it’ll be interesting to see how quiet – or otherwise – it is.
While my commute will be the Atto 3’s bread and butter, it’ll score extra points if it can make me smile during leisure hours. Being an SUV, it should lend itself well to some of my more lifestyley leanings; it should have no trouble swallowing an inflatable kayak, or maybe a mountain bike here and there. Whether it can be entertaining in itself is another matter, though.
My Design-spec car is the highest of three trim levels, the others being Active and Comfort. It’s the only version to get an enormous 15.6in touchscreen infotainment display, whose party-piece is to swivel from Landscape to Portrait mode at the touch of a button. And whereas the other trims make do with an interior air filtration system, the Design gets full air purification; just the job on the M25, when I’m frequently surrounded by particulate-belching lorries when stuck in a jam.
The price? £38,990, inclusive of any of five metallic paint shades with lifestyle-themed names . To make ordering easier, no optional extras are offered. Not a cheap car, then; the
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