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me feel a bit like it didn’t trust me.

After a couple of days I realised the beeping noise it kept making happened when I put the indicator on while there was a car in the lane next to me – which I believe is called ‘intelligent blind spot intervention.’

Yeah, the Tenka definitely doesn’t trust me (or any of us, in fact). It is bristling with so many proximity sensors that you’d really have to be going some to hit anything. Which is a good thing, obviously.

The 0.90 litre, three-cylinder petrol engine gives an efficient 61-81mpg and it’s easy and very comfortable to drive with ramrod straight seats that give me a posture my mother would be proud of.

The Tenka is decked out with Bose speakers (fancy) so the sound quality is excellent, and it has Bluetooth, an MP3 player socket, USB port with iPhone connection, and ‘smartphone app integration.’

So if you own a device that can’t be played on the stereo system, well, it feels like that’s your own fault. Personally, I’m happy with Radio 2.

One thing I found slightly odd was the tinted back windows and rear windscreen – I can only imagine travelling in the back seats would be quite a gloomy experience, and it looked like it was always night behind me (if that’s not too poetic). But it would be useful if you had a celebrity to convey.

But quite possibly my favourite thing about this car is the ‘rain sensing auto wipers,’ also known as windscreen wipers which time themselves according to how wet it is. Never let it be said that I’m not easily pleased, but they are seriously amazing.

Prices on the road start at £18,310, and our test model – which came with a few optional extras, including the intelligent blind spot intervention – is £19,860.

If the Tenka were just a little city car that would be quite a lot of money, but I think it’s fair to say it’s a bit more than that.