Yeah, that’s one of the main things that puts me off Formula E, but they are working towards being able to actually finish a race in the car they started with.

But the problem of electric cars is the weight of the batteries, which is why Formula E races have a car change in the middle. Lose the distance requirements and you lose this handicap.

Would I be right in thinking that they have saved weight by only giving it enough battery power to last 10 minutes at full power? After all, if it only has to get to the top of the mountain you wouldn’t need to give it the range for a full race.

Icy roundabouts are an absolute hazard and should be enjoyed at all opportunities.

That’s not his wife, which explains why he is so happy.

In-race refueling has it’s own problems, fires on cars and pit crew, setting off with the nozzle still attached and failures of equipment, before you bring in the associated costs of developing the equipment and carting it around the world, which is why it was removed.

I understand the appeal of something simple, robust and easy to fix, but I don’t understand this price for something like this just because of it’s perceived rarity.

They do look the same, they are based around the same sort of components with variations in where they sit on the comfort/speed scale, they would be stupid to spend huge amounts of money designing them to be radically different from each other. All just variations on a theme. Not that this is a bad thing, I’m sure all…

At the moment Lister are modifying Jags (which is what they used to do), with a 666hp F-type based monster.https://www.listercars.com

I can’t help but feel if they had painted their halo (I’m going to end up calling it the toilet seat) silver it would not stick out so much.

That $1500 mentioned seems about right, the extra $400 is hoping to take advantage of someone who really wants this.

If they are touting double the range, does this mean they will be able to eliminate having to change cars halfway through the race? Because that was the one thing that to me said that the technology wasn’t quite where they needed it to be yet.

It is suitably hideous, and I guess that’s why I like it.

Really? All dual carriageways are 70 mph zones unless otherwise stated.

Considering they have a test track on site (put “Hethel, UK” into Google Maps and go o satellite view) he didn’t really have a leg to stand on.

The Zafira does, it is basically a mini-van body on hot-hatch running gear, unfortunately it wasn’t based on one of the best hot-hatches.

They actually tried this sort of thing, this is why the market is now stuffed with cross-overs.

Wouldn’t you end up with a Volvo T5 or a Vauxhall Zafira VXR? (one of these is desirable, the other, maybe not)

I always check how I’ve parked my car, even in our office car park. Mostly because I have the habit of putting it right on the boundary of the space (due to wide doors and a dodgy knee), just to make sure I’ve not parked like a complete asshole. On something like that I’d be terrified of getting it wrong.

It looks nice and relatively clean, but it is 11 years old and you must really be wanting that exact car very badly to stump up that much. Drop $8000 and I might raise an eyebrow in your direction.