The Fiat Grande Panda cannot yet be ordered in the UK - but the carmaker has released the price for its new EV, which will sell from £20,975 for the

Affordable EVs are starting to flood the new car market and the Grande Panda is Fiat’s answer to the Citroen e-C3. Cameron Richards reports.

The cheapest version of the Fiat Grande Panda looks more like a reincarnation of the original Panda from the '80s

The all-electric Grande Panda offers charm by the bucketload, a great price and a handy charging cable that lives in the nose of the car

The new Fiat Grande Panda is here in hybrid and pure-electric forms, and it's a little box of happiness, says Will Dron in his review.

Fitted with an electric powertrain, it costs from just over £21,000 for the entry-level RED model and just under £24,000 for the fully loaded La Prima. This represents incredible value. A hybrid is also available for even less – around £2,000 model for model – but for now we’re focusing on the all-electric model, and there’s plenty to talk about.

This is not the first attempt to offer the Panda as an electric car, but the chances have never been better. A test drive shows that the E-Panda is a success.

Making use of parent company Stellantis’s Smart Car platform, also used for the new Vauxhall Frontera and Citroen ’s e-C3 and e-C3 Aircross models, Fiat is undercutting those cars with a starting price of £20,975.