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When the Range Rover Evoque was first revealed at the car maker’s 40th anniversary party at Kensington Palace (in association with Vogue magazine), the occasion was perhaps most significant by the announcement that Victoria Beckham (of Posh Spice fame) would be the new Creative Design Executive for Range Rover.

MG Motor has caught the imagination of more than just Auto China visitors today, with its new MG Icon Concept. Fans on the car maker's Facebook page are already pledging their support to buy their own Icon, should MG decide to bring it to production.

After Friday's leak, Lamborghini has now provided details of its new extreme performance SUV concept with four generous seats, a versatile luggage compartment, variable ground clearance and, of course, permanent all-wheel drive.

As expected, the Urus borrows heavily from the Lamborghini Estoque Concept and adopts the coupe-like proportions of a BMW X6 - although we expect it to occupy a much larger footprint in width, if not length.

Lamborghini has sent out a teaser invitation for the Auto China Motorshow in Beijing next week, where it will unveil its long-awaited third model line - thought to be a high-performance crossover (not SUV), more in the mould of an X6 M rather than a seven-seater Q7.

I really hope Bentley's SUV concept looks better in the metal than it does in these awkward renderings. Inside, of course, it looks sublime - unmistakably a Bentley - but was this really penned by the same designers who brought us the elegant Continental GT?

Range Rover will gauge reaction to its Evoque Convertible Concept at the Geneva motor and assess the potential for what could be another niche SUV model, joining the existing 3-door Coupe and 5-door Evoque.

Porsche's long-awaited competitor to BMW's X3 and the Range Rover Evoque will be called 'Macan'. The name Macan is derived from the Indonesian word for tiger and combines suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics according to Porsche – which will be core characteristics of its new compact all-terrain car.

The eagerly awaited New Vauxhall VXR will premiere at the Geneva Motor Show next month, alongside a new small SUV called Mokka and Vauxhall's most powerful diesel, the 192 bhp Insignia BiTurbo.

I am in two minds about this new Maserati Kubang. On the one hand it seems entirely rational for Maserati to look on at Porsche's Cayenne and see a market opportunity, that until now, it has missed out on. But on the other hand Maserati is Fangio, Moss and that famous 1955 Mille...

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