Just picked up the December Top Gear magazine. There is a preview of the current season (we are 3 shows in now) and a "green section" in the middle.
Nothing about the Roadster on TV is mentioned, but it does say James May is off to California to look at the Honda FCX at some point.
However, in the green section, amongst the Volts and PBP articles, is a two page review of the Roadster. They reviewed the Blue car - AU58 AJY - that we think is the one that was crashed.
However, I was two thirds of the way through it when I read "at 85mph, the juice used per mile is about double what it is at 55mph. I had to slipstream trucks to get myself home." Hmm - that sounds familiar. Then I noticed one of the photos was too. Sure enough, the author is the same Paul Horrell from the
Motortrend article.
That aside, it is a different article to the MT one - probably the best review I have seen so far, even if some of the points are the same. I can't find it online, so I will put it on the scanner tomorrow. There are some choice quotes, such as, "It's performance is immense, but it's so controllable, so instant, so transparent and so silently effective that it just feels like and extension of you." "The promise is delivered. The Tesla sniffs out corners with giddy enthusiasm and serves up steering feedback so intimate it's almost rude." "The traction control, even in slippery conditions, is masterful." "It feels very complete. It's gone beyond intriguing now. It's real. And it's amazing".
I'm still waiting with fingers crossed for it to show up on the TV show, it certainly isn't showing on the
next episode page yet.
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