Scotsman: SALES of 4×4 vehicles have “virtually collapsed”, according to a consumer group. The magazine Which? Car branded such off-roaders “expensive, gas-guzzling … and becoming socially unacceptable” after a ninth successive month of falling new car sales, with manufacturers of 4x4s among those hardest hit. Dealers have slashed prices, with 25 per cent being cut from a new £38,640 Volvo XC90, while a month-old Peugeot 4007 is being offered at nearly one-third off its £24,220 price …