Once upon a time, at the launch of its Sportage Mk.IV somewhere warm and expensive in Europe, Kia made the mistake of lining up all four generations of the model in order of appearance. Huge mistake, because anyone who walks without a white stick could see, at a glance, that, in terms of couture, the …

Not that it doesn’t still look good in ‘Modern Steel Metallic’, but I must confess to a frisson of disappointment that Honda’s e didn’t turn up in its Horse Pee Yellow or Blended Kermit grabber-colour couture, one glimpse at which makes me think ‘blowtorched Golf Mk1’ every time. And that’s a Good Thing. Then again, …