And unlike the outgoing...
And unlike the outgoing load-lugger, which had very little in the way of styling flair, the newcomer is aimed at a much trendier market. Note the sleek lines, chunky wheelarches and classy full-length chrome roof rails. In profile, the model bears more than a passing resemblance to the Peugeot 307 SW.
Lighting firm Hella"s...
Lighting firm Hella"s Jonathan Walls warned: "Drivers are buying DIY kits off the Internet without realising many are illegal in the UK." Fitting them can land you in trouble with the law, plus lead to MoT failure and invalidate insurance cover.
Walls added: "Worst of all, cheap conversions can prove dangerous to other road users, as they emit up to 100 times more glare than legal units." Xenon lamps are popular as they provide double the light of a standard halogen bulb. A legal conversion for a BMW 5-Series using Hella parts costs around í‚á£870.
But we found a unit on auction site eBay for only í‚á£236. Unlike the Hella system, which replaces the entire lamp, the cheaper version plugs the xenon bulb directly into the halogen socket. Walls ruled the kit was not UK-legal. "It has no self-levelling device to keep the beam on the road, and no washer to remove lens dirt," he said. Illegal xenon use brings a í‚á£50 fine and three penalty points.