Abarth 500e turismo

SMART’S DESIGN TEAM DID A grand job, outside and within the astonishingly roomy, well kitted and well finished cabin. It rides really softly too, a passenger might think it’s a luxury car. The driver

£82,845 OTR/£82,845 as tested/£1,049 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’ll conquer the wilderness, but is this £83k Toyota everyday overkill? DRIVER: andy fr anklin WE’VE ALL BEEN THERE, HAVEN’T we? You get home a

ALPINE DODGES THE QUESTION OF WHICH RIVAL the new £61,390 A390 GT is aimed at, but does point out that its latest EV is deliberately smaller and attempts to be more elegant than Porsche’s £71,900 Maca

Price new: £32,140 Price used: From £14,000 Engine: 2.0-litre turbo petrol Gearbox: Seven-speed auto Power/torque: 296bhp/400Nm 0-60mph: 5.7 seconds Top speed: 155mph IF one hot hatch literally flies

FIAT GRANDE PANDA PRICE: £20,975–£23,975 The Panda was distinctly endangered for a while there (though you can still buy the old petrol one in Italy), but it’s been given a new lease of life with an e

THE ALBUFERA NATURAL PARK ALONG THE coastline south of Valencia is strewn with, of all things, rice paddies, feeding the voracious local appetite for paella. Between the vast expanses of shallow water