Top fuel [saver]

Toyota Prius £28,255/£28,800

What I’m fnding surprising is the amount of colleagues that want to borrow this demented evil Pokémon. Maybe it’s because they know just how easy it is to drive; you can waft your way across town with zero fuss.

Alongside a black Ford Focus, this must be the most anonymous car there is. There are literally hundreds of them packing city streets all over the world. If you wanted to do a bank job, this would be the best car. No one would bat an eyelid. Except your getaway would be painfully slow as, even in Power mode, it’s like you’re stuck in porridge.

Learn to caress the throttle and harvest the braking, and the mpg is huge. I’ve had as high as 110 in eco, but only in the right sort of trafc. Flowing and consistent is best. Short hops are no good. Less than a few miles and it’s constantly charging to get the battery to three bars, so 30s are all that’s possible.