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With petrol power coming back into favour, Subaru Impreza staff at their 11 dealerships here are under less pressure to explain why there is no diesel offering.

Twenty-one years ago when Tony Blair won an historic election for a “new” Labour Party, part of his strategy was appealing to the “Mondeo man”, the archetypical aspiring, often self-employed person who wanted a house and a big car and had very middle-of-the- road views. He or she was the successor to “Essex Man” who had put in Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives in 1979.

I have to admit, I’m not a great man with the Now. You know, the Now in which we are being relentlessly urged to live so we can stop worrying about tomorrow, next week; to cease wallowing in past mistakes and future fears – all the things that foist more pressure on us.

The impact of the tougher new emissions testing system that kicks in next month can be highlighted this week – for good and bad.

I like the Honda Civic 5dr hatchback. It’s quite different and smart. But its design is not, I imagine, to everyone’s taste.