It's certainly quicker than the Fiesta and while it's no sports - car it certainly gets
up to highway speed quickly and without drama in my opinion.
In fact, the Discovery can get
up to highway speeds quickly and execute overtaking with ease from say 80 to 90kmph.
Not exact matches
Compared
to the non-turbo, you can get
up to speed very
quickly on the
highway.
It's wonderful fun getting it
quickly up to highway speeds and then merging smoothly into traffic.
Save for quick blasts
up to highway speeds (where there's not untoward squatting), I didn't get a lot of joy from the combination of power and suspension response; the Pacifica stays out of its own way if you go around a corner
quickly, but only just.
The 293 hp engine has plenty of acceleration and gets
up to cruising
speed on the
highway very
quickly and smoothly.