Vauxhall Antara review

The Antara corners well for a tall off-roader, taking bends without much roll and with much of the deportment of a car. The steering is quicker-acting and more accurate than most other 4x4s.

The Antara is more supple than many mini-SUVs, which, taken with the reasonable cornering manners, is a good effort. There's plenty of room too, but the 2.4 petrol version is noisy because you have to cane it.

The diesel is the one, because of its torque, although it's laggy in the very low rev range. It'll do 0-62mph in about 10 seconds, which is par for the course, no better. The cheaper petrol engine takes 10.5sec to do the same job.