WE keep hearing about game-changing cars – the sort of vehicles born after the global motor industry’s traditional design, engineering and pricing rule books have been torn-up and binned. But do we really get enough of these so-called breakthrough products in car showrooms? And on the rare occasions we do, are they within the financial reach of the motoring masses? No and no, I’m sorry to say.
Sure, there are plenty of interesting, high-quality, often beautiful variations on hatchback, saloon, SUV and sports car themes. Also, such cars now rely less on fossil fuels, more on electricity. So everything’s good, clever, more efficient, chugging along nicely, thanks.
But in terms of radically different mainstream cars designed to play very different roles while being more accessible and affordable, the game really…
