This is only the fifth generation Range Rover to have surfaced in just over 50 years. And that -given that most cars are (at the very least) face-lifted every two to three years these days and that we’re relentlessly induced to junk and replace them with a frequency more usually associated with white goods- is …

Some years ago now, attending an Alfa Romeo launch far to the north of Hadrian’s Wall, I shared the day’s driving with a grizzled veteran of the motoring correspondent cadre. Nature being something of a show-off in that part of the world, I was moved to ask my companion what he thought of Scotland. His …