We criticised the original version of the Renegade for being worse on fuel consumption and emissions than its direct rivals but, since then, Jeep has updated the model with a range of more modern and efficient engines to help it keep pace. More recently still the arrival of a full plug-in hybrid version improves matters further.

As ever it’s no one-size fits all solution, but at least you can choose between petrol, diesel and the hybrid according to your particular needs. Front-wheel drive petrols – known as ‘4x2’ in Jeep lingo – are the best of the conventional range for CO2 and fuel consumption, the more powerful ‘4x4’ versions offering genuine off-road ability but at a cost in emissions and fuel consumption that will hit company drivers especially hard.

Adapting that naming structure to ‘four by electric’, the new 4xe hybrid version costs a lot more to buy – nearly a third as much again compared with the base petrol version of equivalent trim – but the monthly savings in Benefit In Kind could well add up and make it more affordable as far as tax goes.