Cadillac Escalade-V, Matt Blue

The Escalade-V is Cadillac's answer to a question almost nobody thought to ask: what happens when a 682bhp supercharged V8 goes into a three-row, full-size SUV. The result is the most powerful production SUV of its kind, a machine that hides quarter-mile pace behind a slab-sided body, a crystalline LED grille and that upright, unapologetically American stance. The detail shots tell the story the brochure won't: the discreet V-Series badge on the front wing, the quad exhausts split wide across the rear diffuser, the vertical tail lamps stacked the full height of the tailgate. It is built for someone who wants to move six people, plenty of luggage and a small monument to excess, all at once.

Here it wears a soft matte sky blue that takes the visual weight off the bodywork and lets the gloss-black grille, glazing and multi-spoke wheels do the contrasting. The finish is even across every panel, with the chrome Cadillac crests and ESCALADE script left bright against the flat colour. It is built at 1:18 and sits on a carbon-weave base with a red-edged surround.