What I missed about the cars I'd tried was a sense of style. Then I learned that the Tesla company was opening a London outpost. Tesla is a name that raises goose-bumps on some motorists' skin. Rumours have flown for months about the Californian company owned by Elon Munsk [sic], whose electric Roadster is a sports car that can reportedly out-race a Porsche and a Ferrari from a standing start.
