You can walk into Funchal from the hotel, but the route back to the hotel is
a bit of a steep hill climb (there is a bus you can catch!).
Not exact matches
The off - road section is a meandering
bit of two - track featuring a water crossing, undulating woods, a man - made
steep ascent
hill, a series
of alternating hillocks, a sand pit, and a wheel articulation test.
When we previously tested the 2012 Focus Electric, editor Wayne Cunningham found that San Francisco's
steep hills were a
bit of a challenge for the electric motor, so your enjoyment
of the drive may depend on the local topography.
About the only time the engine felt a
bit winded was going up very
steep hills, though the lower gears provided plenty
of grunt for that sort
of driving.
Our tester came in a
bit lower, as it was faced a combination
of crushing holiday traffic, San Francisco's
steep hills and my own insistence on milking Sport mode for all its worth, and so the trip computer pegged my miles per gallon in the upper teens.
You'll climb
steep hills, negotiate tight corners, there's some fast
bits, and lots
of variety.