Fiat Multiplina is a four-seater reported to cost £14k

Fiat has taken the much-loved 1956 Multipla, squeezed it down to about the size of an original 500 and made it electric, and if the price lands where the early estimates point, it could be the cheapest way to get four people across town without waiting for a bus. Fiat’s new Multiplina is a four-seat electric car about three metres long, with a claimed top speed of 55mph, and it’s due on sale in 2028. Fiat hasn’t put a price on it yet, but Auto Express reckons it’ll come in at around £14,000, which would slot it between the £8,995 Topolino and the £18,995 Fiat 500 Hybrid. The catch is that it’s classed as a heavy quadricycle, which comes with much lighter rules than a normal car, and Fiat hasn’t said whether it’ll build one with the steering wheel on the right for British buyers. We’ll admit our first reaction was a grin, because it looks like something you’d see parked outside a café in Turin in 1960, but the more we read about it the more it looks like a clever bit of thinking f