Big 4x4s with seven-seats and proper go-anywhere, tow-anywhere capability may not be tax-friendly, or user-chooser friendly, but for those fleets where these tasks are part of the job there’s little choice but to swallow the costs.

If you need these qualities plus car-like on-road refinement then there’s a choice of two in the market, and the recently revised Toyota Land Cruiser is the most sensible purchase against the bigger selling Land Rover Discovery.

The Land Cruiser is not only famed for true off-road capability, but also for total reliability. What’s more, even when in fully equipped Invincible guise, the Land Cruiser is still some £8000 less expensive than its rival.

The Toyota will also carry seven adults in proper comfort thanks to decent sized rear-most seats with plenty of leg-room.

It may not be as classy, either inside or out, but the Land Cruiser is the sensible fleet option in this class.