Mitsubishi Shogun Sport review

Quite a lot to talk about here, and far too much of it negative. For starters, it should cost around £6,000 less than it does. In terms of interior quality, materials, design, equipment, driving and all the rest, until I looked at the price list I imagined it would be around £30-32k. In fact the base model is £37,775. But if you decide the Shogun Sport is the right car for you, you actually want the top spec 4 version.

Two reasons: for the extra kit (360-degree cameras, blind spot warning, adaptive cruise, heated front seats, 510W amplifier), the £2,000 uplift is decent value. And because a lot of that is safety kit, the 4 actually sits five insurance groups lower than the 3 (38D instead of 43D). But yes, those insurance groups are high for a car of this type.

The five-year, 62,500-mile warranty is decent, the 12,500-mile service intervals are more modest and day-to-day running costs are borderline alarming. The Shogun Sport has a raging thirst for diesel (32.8mpg on the combined cycle when 4wd auto versions of the Discovery Sport and Santa Fe achieve 43.5mpg and 42.2mpg respectively), and we got around 26-27mpg.

And since CO2 follows mpg, the first-year tax cost is £1,760, £500 more than rivals.