However convincing operational maths is when putting together fleet packages, driving appeal remains important in winning friends and influencing fleet drivers.

In terms of pure handling, our Ceed SW may not be the sharpest pencil in the C-sector box, but as an overall driving proposition, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Competent, predictable roadholding, precise steering with three software-induced modes, and a supple ride quality owe much to final pre-production, ride and drive tuning carried out on character-building UK roads.