The Toyota Aygo is only a small car, but there’s plenty of space in the front seats for tall adults to get comfortable. The seats themselves are reasonably supportive and you get driver’s seat-height adjustment as standard in all but entry-level X cars.

The reasonably large windows help stop the cabin from feeling too dark or claustrophobic – especially if you pay extra for the optional folding fabric roof in X-plore models – but space in the back is still pretty cramped. You only get two seats, and anyone over six-foot tall will really struggle for head and knee room. There’s space for two kids to spread out, however, but even they will find the firm seats pretty uncomfortable on long journeys.

If you do regularly carry passengers in the back, make sure you go for a five-door Toyota Aygo (only the entry-level X trim is available with three). It’s not as roomy as the likes of the VW or Skoda, but having back doors means you won’t have to get out to let your friends climb in. It’s far easier to fit a child seat using the standard Isofix anchor points in five-door models, too, and the Toyota’s reasonably tall roof (for a small car, at least) means you won’t have to lean down too far to strap in a child.

The Toyota Aygo doesn’t come with many handy cubby holes, but there’s still space to squirrel away a few small items in the glovebox and the front door bins are big enough to carry a one-litre bottle each. You get a pair of cupholders just in front of the gear lever, too, and a small tray beside them for storing your phone.

There aren’t any cupholders for passengers in the back, but they do get a space in each door pocket for a drinks can or a small bottle.

Even for a compact city car, the Toyota Aygo’s 168-litre boot is pretty small. There’s just enough space for two small suitcases, but a baby buggy will be a very tight squeeze and the tall boot lip makes it tricky to pack full of bulky luggage. If you regularly carry large suitcases, the Kia Picanto with its 255-litre boot will be much easier to live with.

It’s a similar story when you fold the Toyota Aygo’s back seats down – its 806-litre capacity falls significantly behind the 1,010-litre Picanto and 959-litre Up. Unlike the Kia, there’s a tall step in the boot floor behind the back seats which makes it a real pain to slide heavy boxes all the way forward.

At least there’s just about enough space for a small bike (once you remove one of its wheels, that is) and you can fold the back seats down in a 50:50 split if you need to carry some long luggage and a passenger in the back at once.

Sadly, you don’t get any shopping hooks to hold your groceries securely like in the Skoda Citigo, and you can’t adjust the Toyota Aygo’s boot floor height to reduce the size of the tall load lip.