The ‘A’ means it has the tough 2.25-litre motor rather than the old SI’s 2-litre – looks right at home in any British village, whether driven by peasant or squire.

The Willys Jeep is heroic but driving one in Britain seems a bit contrived and is suggestive of those quaint fellows who dress up in WW2 gear and go off to re-enact the Battle of the Bulge.

A Land Rover Series IIA, on the other hand – the ‘A’ means it has the tough 2.25-litre motor rather than the old SI’s 2-litre – looks right at home in any British village, whether driven by peasant or squire.

An example starred in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral with a bunch of upper-class twits and the beautiful Kristin Scott Thomas.

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