THE few people who actually take their offroaders off-road have been warned not to.

The warning will not cause much worry for the Range Rover set who don't anyway. Their latest must-have creation

is clearly aimed more at those who want to invite top society inside their parlour.

But owners of 'fashion' offroaders should treat their vehicles like cars rather than true offroaders, or they risk wiping hundreds off the value, warns the industry observer CAP.

"These vehicles do not tend to be built to withstand commercial offroading," says CAP.