Better yet, it is thoroughly competent in terms of ride and handling – no sports car, but a remarkably swift, spacious and safe miles-swallower on both good and indifferent roads. It may not have multi-mode dynamics gadgetry, but when the suspension team has done this well it is reasonable to question whether such gadgetry in rivals has already gone a step too far.

Not least, its interior will not offend most European tastes and it is very refined; the engine a gem, the body – made largely from extra-high strength steels – impressive in its torsional rigidity.

As with its predecessor, for company car management the Chrysler 300C’s Achilles heel is likely to prove poor residuals vis-a-vis its European “prestige” competitors, with all that implies for leasing rates, along with its CO2 and fuel consumption disadvantages in terms of VED and BIK.

The true individualist business car owner or company car driver however, may  view it as still well worth a punt.

Chrysler 300C 3.0 CRD V6 Executive Auto – the low down