I've just been reading a road test of the Freelander TD4 HSE and was a bit surprised by one of the tester's comments regarding kerbweight.
Judging by the opinion of a lot of respondants to threads in this forum, a high kerbweight that will give the best possible weight ratio is valued by many. Yet, here, in this test, the Freelander was criticised for having too high a kerbweight because it left only 370kg available payload if one made full use of the maximum permissible noseweight of 150kg. This, the testers argued, was inadequate to meet the requirements for a full complement of passengers and holiday luggage.
Judging by the opinion of a lot of respondants to threads in this forum, a high kerbweight that will give the best possible weight ratio is valued by many. Yet, here, in this test, the Freelander was criticised for having too high a kerbweight because it left only 370kg available payload if one made full use of the maximum permissible noseweight of 150kg. This, the testers argued, was inadequate to meet the requirements for a full complement of passengers and holiday luggage.
