The Kia Picanto has a choice of two petrol engines, neither of which has a turbocharger.

The line-up starts with a 62bhp 1.0 MPi. The official 0-62mph time of 15.4sec puts this among the slowest accelerating cars that you can buy. You often need to use full power to keep up with traffic – and that’s with a five-speed manual gearbox. If you go for the automated manual transmission (AMT) the time rises to a glacial 18.2 seconds.