Fiat Grande Panda review

There are two specs for the EV: Red and La Prima. Red sends a contribution to Bono's health foundation, but the amount is unspecified so we can assume it's tiny.

Red, at £20,975, has white 16-inch steel wheels that suit it well. It also gets the retractable curly cable for AC charging plus and a normal CCS socket for rapid DC input. The full-size touchscreen does without navigation but runs Apple CarPlay and Android Auto wirelessly. Headlamps are LED, windows electric all round, the rear seat is split, the airbag count is six, and the rear end has parking sensors.

Why pay more? La Prima is another £3k, taking it into Renault 5 territory. You get built-in navigation which you probably won't use, a phone charging plate, alloys, roof rails and fake skid plates. None of which you need. Its rear camera and front park sensors are inessential given its small boxy outline. Climate control becomes automatic. No big deal. Only thing that's truly handy are heated seats as they save using the space heater.

Talk range and efficiency to me.

Range for both is 199 miles WLTP, roughly 150 in mixed driving. Charging is claimed to be 33 minutes for 20 to 80 percent, which represents only about 85 additional motorway miles. Same problem as any EV with 200 miles WLTP.

It peaks at 100kW but not for long, so on the more common (and sometimes cheaper) 50kW DC posts, it won't take much more time. Also, it's an LFP battery. That type is robust against being fully charged and discharged, so you can use every percent without a care.

For the petrol version, the specs are similar, except the base one has black not white steelies. The provisional WLTP data is 52.3mpg and 118g/km CO2. Well beaten by a Yaris full-hybrid, but decent for a mild hybrid.

The La Prima petrol costs £20,975, same as the electric Red.