Luxury 4x4

Almost everywhere outside a city centre. A European luxury saloon is a superb vehicle on a European road; on the N2, on a Sunamganj village approach, or on a wet December morning in Beanibazar it is the wrong tool.

The Prado and Pajero class gives you the standing of a luxury vehicle with the ground clearance and durability the country actually requires. For most guests asking for a luxury car, this is the honest recommendation.

This class is regularly booked for dignitary movements, senior corporate visits and the principal wedding car where the party is travelling beyond the city.

Movements are planned in advance — route, waiting position, meeting point and timings agreed before the day. See executive and VIP travel.

Five passengers with four large cases travel comfortably, which makes this a genuine alternative to an MPV for families who want a more capable vehicle for a long stay and a lot of rural travel.

Several vehicles in this class are sold with a third row of seats, and it is worth being straight about what that row is. It is occasional seating — usable for children on a short run, tolerable for adults across a city, and not somewhere anyone should spend five hours on the N2.

It also comes at the cost of the boot. With the third row up, luggage space drops to hand baggage, which makes it the wrong answer for an airport collection almost by definition.

So we quote this class as a five-seat vehicle. If you genuinely need seven seats with luggage, a 7-seat MPV or a microbus is the honest recommendation, and we would rather make it at booking.