Some of the best oil burners were French - a decade down the line, do they also make for good sheds? Something a bit different this week in the semi-pleasing shape of a 2012 Peugeot 508 GT HDI saloon.

Core to the hybrid drivetrain is Peugeot’s 1.6-litre, turbocharged four-cylinder engine, which impressed so much when experienced in the under the radar, but class leading 208 and 308 GTI by ...