The first Audi Allroad (officially the allroad, but Audi loves to play around with capital letters) launched in the UK in July 2000. It followed the Volvo V70 XC (V70 Cross Country) as a new breed of SUV-inspired estate cars, built to climb mountains and ford streams.

Other manufacturers, such as Subaru, AMC and Toyota had dabbled in the muddy field of 4x4 estates, but Volvo and Audi took the concept to a wider audience. Dressed in Barbour jackets and Hunter wellies, we’ve created a list of our favourite off-road estate cars. Just add damp dog.

Starting prices stated at the end for models which are available on the market to buy new