We’re cackling with glee at the prospect of taking the reins of a horseless carriage in 1900s Sicily - a time when cars were an obscene ... this slightly perverse, backwards idiosyncrasy ...

But here’s the problem with cars like the Meriva, as I discovered when we went out in one with the whole Fowler family on board. Rolls-Royces don’t tend to get parked in car parks next to ...

But even cars without speed limiters can’t go fast in reverse because they’re limited by the ratio of that reverse gear. Being an EV with one fixed gear ratio for going backwards or forwards ...