The name Idea actually stands for Intelligent Design, Emotion and Architecture. It’s Fiat’s answer to the Vauxhall Meriva and offers plenty of space in a relatively compact body shape. The rear seats offer a fair degree of flexibility and there are some thoughtful touches and a generous level of equipment for the money. That’s the intelligence and design, but we can’t see much in the way of emotion in the architecture.

That doesn’t stop it being a useful little family runabout however. A light facelift was administered in 2006.