The Porsche Cayman has been given the R treatment and has turned into the Porsche Cayman R, an agile reptile for the road that's also an angrier animal.
The new Volkswagen Jetta is larger and roomier than before. And because it is also priced competitively, it looks set to carry on where its predecessor left off.
This new trend is definite – 1.6-litre continental saloons with executive comforts from a class above – but which contender here is truest to its white-collar promise?