Let's start by dealing with the elephant in the room: the BMW iX does, indeed, look a bit... out there. But who spends this kind of money and wants to blend in? We almost admire it alongside relatively anonymous alternatives and, give it time, we reckon it won't look quite so offensive in the metal....

If you want to haul seven people around with a fully electric powertrain in something that isn’t merely an electrified van, there’s the Mercedes EQB and… er, until the Volvo EX90 breaks cover, that’s pretty much it. So now that the Kia EV9 is here, how does its practicality, price and performance...

Let’s start with the styling, which blends the aesthetic of Aston Martin’s sports cars with the big, five-door body of an SUV . We reckon it’s rather handsome, although from some angles it takes a bit of getting used to. It’s certainly less controversial than rivals such as the Lamborghini Urus...

While this highlights the Cayenne’s impressive breeding, it also demonstrates the sheer size of this SUV. It’s arguably a bit too big for Britain’s congested city streets and narrow country lanes, but this hasn’t stopped it from being a huge success for Porsche. It helps that it’s brilliant to drive....

Never one to shy away from filling an untapped niche within its model line-up, it didn't take Audi long to jump on the electric SUV bandwagon. First came the Tesla Model X, then came the Jaguar I-Pace, while the Audi and it’s other main rival - the Mercedes-Benz EQC - arrived at pretty much the same...

While Jaguar's 'grace, space and pace' marketing slogan preceeded the SUV boom by a good half a century, it probably describes the Jaguar F-Pace better than any other car the brand's ever sold. The F-Pace was its first SUV, arriving in 2016 and raising eyebrows when it wasn't based on a Land Rover....