Lifestyle sells better than reality, explaining why wherever cars are promoted they’re inevitably pictured with annoyingly young and good-looking folk doing exciting outdoorsy stuff with mountain bikes or surf boards.

Such is the justification for SUVs and crossovers. But it’s also spawned a sub-genre of regular hatchbacks and estates with faux off-roader plastic cladding, raised ride heights and an inflated sense of self-importance. In sartorial terms it’s the equivalent of self-consciously marching up the high street in your Gore-Tex and hiking boots as if you were striding along the classic Lake District path of the same name.

From the Dacia Sandero Stepway to the Mercedes E-Class All-Terrain...