£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

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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

THE DEFINITIVE VERDICT

During the fuel crisis in 1973 the government imposed 50mph limits to try and reduce fuel use, and this could well have made the whole concept of trying to save fuel a more mainstream idea. Today, wit

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