Ok, so who knows how to drive? Forty safari park monkeys challenged to pull apart brand new car

They press all the buttons, try to open the windows, then drop their lunch down every crevice in the upholstery.

And that’s just the kids when you take them for a drive in the car.

So what better way to test the durability of a brand new family saloon than to leave it at the mercy of a troop of cheeky little monkeys?

That is precisely what Korean car maker Hyundai did when it wanted to discover how its new i30 hatchback would withstand the ordeal of so many inquisitive minds, prying fingers and sticky paw marks. Not to mention the unmentionable from a species never noted for potty-training.

At one stage there were 40 baboons road-testing the car, jumping up and down on the seats and clambering through the ‘panoramic ambience’ (Hyundai’s phrase) of the sliding glass roof.          More Read