Available as a sedan and as a five door hatchback, Liana is really a modestly priced option to mainstream cars within the fiercely fought small family car market.

A free-revving 1.6 litre petrol engine may be the only choice, but there’s a choice between manual or automatic transmissions. Handling is gently predictable, the vehicle scribing ever-greater arcs as it is designed to corner more quickly than it loves to.

Equipment levels are high, with many features that other manufacturers would charge extra being bundled to the standard specification.