THE CONTESTANTS
RICH
Vehicle of choice: Citroen Ami
Powertrain: 5.5kWh battery, single-speed auto, 8bhp
Weight: 485kg
Top speed: 28mph
0-60mph: N/A
Range: 43 miles
Price: 6,000 Euros in France (c.£5,160)
HUGO
Vehicle of choice: Volkswagen up! GTI
Powertrain: 1.0-litre 3cyl petrol engine (113bhp), six-speed manual gearbox
Weight: 1,070kg
Top speed: 122mph
0-60mph: 8.8 seconds
Range: 392 miles (official)
Price: £16,790
DEAN
Vehicle of choice: Silence S01
Powertrain: 5.6kWh battery, single-speed auto, 12bhp
Weight: 151kg
Top speed 66mph (limited)
0-30mph: 3.9 seconds
Range: 80 miles
Price: £4,995 (after Govt. grant)
HUGO
I LOVE the Volkswagen up!, and I’m not the only one. Despite being unveiled a decade ago, it remains our favourite city car – simply because nothing better in this class has come along.
Small, agile and – particularly in the GTI guise we have here – brisk, the up! is as good as a petrol car can get when it comes to urban commuting. Setting off to our starting point in south-west London, I feel smug as I put the heated seats on their highest setting, taking the
