Let's get straight to it: this Defender is one of the best off-roaders LEGO has given us in a long time. Next to the usual Speed Champions cars it's a beast. It's big, it's solid and it has a presence on the shelf that very few cars in this line manage.

The size is what everyone talks about. The wheels are huge, the body sits high, and once it's next to the Jaguar it looks like it came from a bigger scale. Some people will say it's too big for the minifigure, and on paper they have a point. For me, that size is exactly why it works. A Defender is supposed to look like it can climb over things, and this one does. The roof rack with four spotlights, the cage over the cab, the round lamps in the front bumper and the orange details on black all give it a proper expedition feel, and the open bed at the back finishes the look.

Black is a tricky colour for a LEGO car, because it eats the shaping in photos. Here the orange stripes on the doors and the touches of orange on the roof break it up well enough. I'd still love to see this model in a lighter colour one day, but it doesn't take anything away from how good it looks in person.

The Jaguar is the opposite. It's low, compact and almost studless on top, with a big rear wing, the white stripe on the bonnet and the number 7 on the doors. The nose has plenty going on with the grille and angled headlights, and it reads clearly as a Project 7. It's a good Speed Champions car, but standing next to the Defender it feels like the side dish. If you're buying this box for the Jaguar alone, you might come away a little less excited than you expected.

That's also the one catch with these double packs: you can't buy just one of the two. Here I don't mind, because the contrast is half the fun. One car for the road, one for everything else, both from the same British group.

There are stickers, 24 in total, split between the two cars (the stripe, badges, headlights and the Defender's door graphics), plus a few printed parts. It's a reasonable amount for a set like this.

What works: a Defender with real presence, both cars recognisable at first glance, and two very different builds in one box.

What could be better: the Defender is out of scale with the minifigures, the black colour scheme hides some of the detail, and the Jaguar lives in its shadow.

For me, the Defender alone makes this box worth it.