Jaecoo 5

SMART’S DESIGN TEAM DID A grand job, outside and within the astonishingly roomy, well kitted and well finished cabin. It rides really softly too, a passenger might think it’s a luxury car. The driver

CITROEN’S positivity about occupant comfort is laudable but – like the England cricket team or Rachel Reeves’ Budget – eventually it’ll make contact with a brutal reality, in this case British roads.

£82,845 OTR/£82,845 as tested/£1,049 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’ll conquer the wilderness, but is this £83k Toyota everyday overkill? DRIVER: andy fr anklin WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE, HAVEN’T we? You get home a

IT’S easy to be bewildered by Volkswagen’s extensive SUV line-up, which stretches from the T-Cross to the Touareg, with the T-Roc, Tiguan and Tayron along the way. There’s a lot to take in – no fewer

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GIVEN THAT THE Kia Sportage is consistently towards the top of the UK’s bestsellers list, it would have been understandable if the South Korean brand had simply electrified its proven family SUV. But