Five seater multi-purpose vehicles are ‘the new black” (whatever which means) so far as car manufacturers are worried, and in exactly as Ford allow us the C-Max about the Focus floor pan and Renault the Scenic about the Megane, then so Nissan purchased their effective Almera – the foundation for their player on this sector.

Which means that they come with engines (an 1800cc petrol or even the 2.2 diesel) distributed to the hatch, and also have a similar footprint on the highway.

Clever packaging implies that five people and all sorts of their holiday stuff could be accommodated, and subtle reworking of the suspension implies that the car still handles cleanly, despite being appreciably taller compared to car which it is based.