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[Nickbat]

So, just who will buy a car that has a 100mile range on a good day, but probably much, much, less on a cold dark wet night?

Enter "The Nissan Leaf", helped into production with £20.7m of our money.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/18/nissan-leaf-sunderland-factory-jobs

Not the way forward, IMHO. 

I would.

Trigger of the OOF. 

[Nickbat]

I wonder if potential owners realise what will happen when autumn comes?
 

[PhilRich]

I wonder if potential owners realise what will happen when autumn comes?

That's no problem Nickbat, just buy a brown one?

[Hannah Judes Dad]

I just hope they don't bang on about them being green![/quote]

Is that the only colour they come in ? 

[Nickbat]

The Daily Mash's take on this:

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/environment/sunderland-to-build-car-that-won%27t-reach-doncaster-201003182569/

 

[ChevetteNick]

Firstly they will have done their research for likely buyers. Secondly I think there is a huge market out there for such cars:

I'll confess to being part of a team that helped these very people, Nissan, realise their dream of making the Micra convertible....the one with the metal folding roof. They failed on both of your 2 points there as well