Autos and 4x4s

Subaru’s Forester may not be the first car that jumps to mind when considering a farm vehicle, but is its off-road rally pedigree still lurking beneath some unassuming body styling?

The Tarraco is Seats first step into a large SUV, and is offered in the UK only in a seven-seat guise.

Featuring a new 10-speed automatic gearbox, a down-sized engine and new styling, Ford has been busy with its latest generation Ranger pick-up.

Manufactured in the firms American homeland, we try out Fords latest attempt to crack the SUV market here in the UK. Geoff Ashcroft reports.