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Welcome to the first 4x4, off (& on) road, green lane special of www.roadmagazine.co.uk – this month, binning the tempting track tarmac, or ace A-road asphalt, in favour of nice bit of green lane by-way action.

It used to be so simple - 4x4's were big, clumsy goliaths, driven mostly by mums on the school run, with few redeeming qualities apart from their use as rescue vehicles during Britain’s recent mini Ice Age. Just a few years ago the Urban 4x4 (or SUV/SAV as car makers like to call them)...

In an age when we've become obsessed by gadgets, where car adverts compete for budget with the very best Hollywood trailers and marketing campaigns try to seize our attention with high-impact messages, it's such a pleasant relief to find Land Rover quietly and calmly calling a spade a spade.

I recently had the opportunity to poke around the new Mini Countryman and, my word, what a ridiculous car. For starters it’s a fat old hector, not just for a Mini, but for any quasi-4x4. And secondly, this particular example cost over £30,000 which will get you a nice 997 Carrera S with...

The Cayenne grows up and becomes a bit of a Swan... sort of.

Which 4X4 are you?

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Have a look at Nissan's entertaining website to find out which 4x4 suits you including videos presented by Lisa Rogers..

In this latest issue we get very sideways in the woods with a historic Porsche 911 rally car. We test Subaru's WRX S and STI Imprezas back to back, we get all dirty with 4x4s from Isuzu and Nissan and we take to the scottish highlands in Seat's brilliant Altea.

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