top of the range five door model tested here at &pound;9,895 (Prices start at &pound;8,495 for the more basic Urban Life 3 Door) but once you&rsquo;ve got it, it&rsquo;s an amazingly frugal machine that will make you break into a grin when you realise just how astonishingly good those fuel consumption figures can be. I got nearly 70 mpg on my trip from Wolverhampton to the other side of Cheddar. Aha! &rsquo;But it must have taken you all day&rsquo; I hear you say. Well, I can tell you that it took two hours and twenty minutes - the same as in the Maserati GTS at16mpg and the John Cooper Works Mini and the 5 Series BMW and the Focus ST.......and the...etc. etc. This, of course, raises an interesting question on the need to spend fortunes on your motoring. All this is achieved without any &rsquo;Jekyll and Hyde&rsquo; hybrid nonsense. It&rsquo;s a sensible, comfy car from the tip of its filtered exhaust to the well-tailored interior - sufficient for all your needs, not at all austere and adequate for anyone with, perhaps, the exception of Madame Fifi from Chateau Grosse who will insist on twenty poodle parlours in the glove compartment. But thankfully, she doesn&rsquo;t live in Telford. This Peugeot has appeal with a capital A. As fresh in conception as a breakfast baguette, it&rsquo;s instantaneously rewarding to the driver and pleasing to the eye of the idle passer-by. There&rsquo;s liveliness and vivacity - if not in bucket fulls - but