Mitsubishi

ASX

£16,674 - £25,070

The ASX is one of those cars that doesn't do anything radical, but it does most things well. Job done for Mitsubishi? Reckon so.

Colt

£9,249 - £14,449

Charmingly effortless take on the city car idea. Calling it after a young horse seems a bit flawed, but they get away with. Don't expect it to grow up to be an Evo X though.

Colt Cabriolet

£11,349

Don't you girls go accusing us of sexism when we say this is a car for you. Put it this way, if you saw a bloke driving one, would you think there was something a bit odd?

Evo X

Latest, and perhaps last, of the breed which started with road-fettled rally Lancers and turned into a religion. Still crazy, but maybe its time is drawing to a close.

Grandis

£20,299 - £22,499

Only the obscurity of the badge stands between this and a place at the top table at the seven-seat MPV party. Looks great, is terrific to drive and packs a VW diesel.

i-MiEV

£29,045

One of the better known electric cars, largely through being one of the first to market. Not bad, but pricey.

Lancer

£12,849 - £50,799

Don't go thinking, 'Yeah, it's like an Evo but with cheaper tax'. That's like thinking, 'A Walkman? That's like the iPhone with better battery life, innit?'. It isn't.

Outlander

£23,874

The latest Outlander sits on the same platform but is significantly newer - allowing for a future hybrid version. Good, but unexciting.

Shogun

£30,754 - £42,454

Nostalgia-infused throwback to the days when warriors in Samurai films didn't float through the air in slow motion but just got on with it. Discovery whups its ass.