Even if they thought there was a business case for this would it be a nightmare to retrofit it for our safety laws? Agree it looks pretty awesome and would be a lot of fun getting round large cities.

Idris Elba

Be great to see this back to back with a video of the 599GTO just to compare.

Kevin Schwanz and Wayne Rainey.......partly because they were switching the lead the whole time:

The problem/opportunity is that the body style, particularly the front headlights, was kind of a low point for MB design over the last 20 years. I don't think it will age well but then again that's probably why the price won't be too high.

Would you please the hippies though and get one if it were available? Doesn't sound like it to me.

"Takes his Audi Avant skiing on the weekends." Not this winter he hasn't.

Chicken and egg though. Not enough buyers to make it profitable at gasoline car prices.

Right. In short you would be insane to buy an electric vehicle. I know one guy who bought the BMW i3 and it's a very awkward discussion.

I know you're only joking but don't forget all the other fees that come with owning vehicles not least insurance.

Meh. "More jail time" is never the answer.

I would guess yes. It's their identity and much more real and tangible than a "you will have your license suspended" or something similar.

It's an unenforceable precedent. If you heard there was a fight after school behind the gym and you showed up should you be suspended? Might be suspending 50 or 100 schoolkids.

lol I deserved that. But then you deserve this s/with within

I thought the starting price was $189K today? so that's closer to 45% right?

"Don't worry my cousin Larry can re-program that to Apple Play in 15 minutes. Sometimes when you ask for the weather you'll get the Sports scores but otherwise it works pretty good"

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I mean, I can understand a bit of a spoiler alert. But you do realize it's just Top Gear we're talking about here.