Goodness me, for an electric car, it's beautiful...

[Wafflesmk2]

Only 150ps, 300nm of torque and 0-60 in about 9 seconds, but damn, this is gorgeous.




Just a shame its £37 grand!

Still, it makes a change from what every manufacturer seems to do these days, and just do a facelift instead of a new model. Its also good to see electric technology coming on a bit (although personally i still think its pointless, as the power still comes from the plug which comes from the oil/coal etc, but that's another story).

Much better looking than a leaf.

Also, i've never even seen/heard of this car until just now, with the irony being i was searching the VX website for a VXR8...

[R300will]

The front melted.

[Matt Harper]

Looks like a Chevy Volt, only uglier.

[NadiR]

Wafflesmk2 said:

Also, i've never even seen/heard of this car until just now.

Really? I've seen this car on pretty much every car magazine for over a year now! Maybe I need to get out more.

[Hoygo]

looks like a fat (new gen) 4-door Honda civic to me,nothing gorgeous and far away of good looking.

[58warren]

Sorry - not a fan of the styling at all ....

[Codswallop]

"Beautiful" and "gorgeous" are not words I would have chosen to describe that car's appearance, but hey, I have been blessed with the gift of vision

IMO, it is dated looking from the back, far too slab sided, and the front is way too try hard. Striking yes, beautiful or of any significant design merit? No.

Nonetheless, I simply cannot understand why the asking price is so high. It surely can't cost 17k to fit some batteries and electric motors to a conventional car, can it? Other than that, I do like the idea of a range extender for daily duties

[AndrewW-G]

I've seen a few knocking around near me, they look pretty good on the road

[Frances The Mute]

Methinks the OP needs to reset the taste circuit...

[Steffan]

Hoygo said:

looks like a fat (new gen) 4-door Honda civic to me,nothing gorgeous and far away of good looking.

My view entirely: one ugly bd

[mybrainhurts]

[MX7]

I don't understand why all the manufacturers seem to think that if a car has an electric engine, they are duty-bound to give the car a whole new radical design. I don't remember this happening with diesel when the first DERVs appeared.

[m3jappa]

I think it looks pretty good and like the op says its better than the other absolute st thats usually punted.

[g3org3y]

Wafflesmk2 said:

Only 150ps, 300nm of torque and 0-60 in about 9 seconds, but damn, this is gorgeous.

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[veevee]

MX7 said:

I don't understand why all the manufacturers seem to think that if a car has an electric engine, they are duty-bound to give the car a whole new radical design. I don't remember this happening with diesel when the first DERVs appeared.

How old are you?

[Ozzie Osmond]

Ugly car, uglier price.

[Perd Hapley]

I don't care for the looks, but the tech is interesting enough that I'd overlook its appearance.

[Astra Dan]

I really like it. Prefer it to the Volt, with the headlights-joining-foglights thing going on. Also the new Zafira has a similar front end.
I'd love to have one and 'do my bit', but not for £37k (£32 after a grant?).

[MX7]

veevee said:

MX7 said:

I don't understand why all the manufacturers seem to think that if a car has an electric engine, they are duty-bound to give the car a whole new radical design. I don't remember this happening with diesel when the first DERVs appeared.

How old are you?

Old enough to remember when a diesel car was very much a novelty.

[jbi]

Matt Harper said:

Looks like a Chevy Volt, only uglier.

It IS a chevy volt