A switch to lively transport this month, as performance-biased 4x4s from Jaguar and VW line up for inspection. Warning: Option lists can damage your wallet …

Have you noticed that the major car makers seem keen to produce family clones; vehicles that fit in- side each other like a set of Russian dolls? Maybe legislation and economics force this approach, or perhaps smart marketing likes to set up a size escalator for aspiring customers. Either way it’s getting hard to tell what’s coming (or going) the other way on the road. Still, enough moaning from the cheap seats………[To read more, see the instructions on this page]