Ariel, maker of the barebones Atom sports car, was never going to follow the crowd when the time came to produce an EV.
What we’ve got, however, defies all expectations: the Hipercar is a four-wheel drive, 1180bhp weighing just 1556kg – a featherweight by EV standards. As if it wasn’t already cool, there’s also a gas turbine fitted at the rear to act as a range extender.
But what’s it like to drive? We got an exclusive opportunity to find out – and you can read more in this week’s issue of Autocar.
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Elsewhere, we’ve got everything we know so far about the successor to the Audi R8, which promises to be a pure sports car with more power than any other Audi.
We’ve also got the low-down on Skoda’s new concept car, the Vision 7S, as well as the hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Yaris rally car.
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