Motoring review: In a market increasingly definied by cost, this handsome hybrid is quietly persuasive

The true test of an estate car is not how many dogs, golf clubs or suitcases it can squeeze in, but how many Easter eggs. So it was auspicious that my week testing BYD’s new Seal 6 Touring — and its cavernous boot — ­coincided with the Easter break, as it became a rolling shrine to cocoa excess.