Originally Posted by
directhex
See, you dismiss the Volt above, yet the 2015 Volt has just under the torque of the 4.6L V8 Rover 75. And can deliver all 398 N·m from 0 revs, rather than eventually over a curve. And *even with the battery flat* can deliver that on 42mpg of unleaded, compared to Rover's claimed (not actual) 22.1
Actually, the 2.0 CDT Rover 75 is slightly behind a "pretty naff" Leaf on torque, and again, the Leaf can deliver every last pound of torque from 0 revs, so will always leave the Rover in its dust at the lights, junctions, roundabouts, etc.
That was my big problem driving the Passat - not only did it take what felt like hours to move away from stationary, but it made moving away all the more awful (e.g. engaging the steering wheel lock when the engine auto-shutdown, adding additional hours to the time to turn into a junction)