What would you recommend with a really good low bottom gear and hill-climbing ability from the budget Greek island hire car range? Is a Fiat Panda likely to hold the old Italian tradition of very low ratio first gear and little revvy engines? Last year we hired a Hyundai i10, amid much worryingly smelly clutch burning. This year we went for an i20 which we thought would cope better but the gear ratios are just too high for maybe a dozen 1 in 4 or even 1 in 3 hill starts a day on tight hairpin bends on the Greek hill roads - all are concreted or tarmac, so a 4x4 is not required.