The 1860s.

I have to agree with that, V4s are rare enough as it is. I'm not saying it can't do without some improvement, but it seems a shame to replace the thing that gave the car its heart.

Did we forget to put a panel here?

The Renault, its right for being so wrong.

That's the rack for holding baseball bats, doesn't your car have one?

I like this slot, its a nice detail. But on the whole the look would suit a bigger, less sporty car, as it is its an unholy mutant off-spring that neither of its parents really wanted.

The Evoque was amusing me and my brother on a motorway drive, but not because we were driving one, we were trying to work out which were big Range Rovers far away and which were tiny Range Rovers close up. We also played the same game with Minis.

I like the headlights, they make the car look slightly evil, not convinced about the grill, though.

Well, I really wouldn't advise it (and you would be stopped by the police), but we had 7 people in a Nissan Micra (adults, well, full grown people anyway, not sure we should have been classified as adult), it wasn't comfortable and later on we found we had broken the suspension after the driver caught air coming over…

You're only trying to stoke up an argument.

Not sure what would count as heavily personalised with an F1, considering McLaren would practically rebuild it for you if you wanted. Weren't the steering wheel, pedals and drivers seat fixed, set up just for the owner?

Well, they did bin the Vectra and this is what we got. I've not driven one but surely it can't be worse than a car that scared my with its vague brakes and steering.

The Bourne Identity Mini, not for being a fake car, but for having a fake soundtrack. IIRC they used the sounds from a two-stroke motorbike engine. They obviously haven't heard some of the Minis I have, mostly with holed and rusty exhausts, but not all are happy accidents.

I just love the way it left a trail of sparks, despite actually having some ground clearance.

Intelligent traffic systems (okay not an in-car feature), lights changing by computer to let the maximum of traffic flow at any time, this includes lights talking to one another so that we don't see the stupid snarl-ups you get when two close together junctions just aren't synced. This should then feed back into your…

A fake start button? Really? Come on now, Ford, my '08 Focus has a real start button, you're telling me you never put one on the Mustang?

One of these, but not through any sense of practicality, I just think they're neat. They train driving them near to where I live and sometimes you get caught behind them at the traffic lights.

That's not gold, for those with the experience the colour is known as babyshit. So, the Jag, but I wouldn't expect it to make it to the end of the drive before breaking down.

Well, anything like this is good news, while I may never own one, the fact that someone out there wants to build beasts of cars warms my heart. But I'll hold off the elation until we start seeing cars, anyone remember the Jensen Interceptor restart?

That sounds about right, no use to anyone outside the UK, but ITV4 broadcasts live over the Sunday showing the support races and replays of Saturday's action.