LAST week’s column was all about the electric car. Perhaps the BBC2 motoring show Top Gear may have featured some of these around their test track . . . but if they did, I missed it. Top Gear is now a massive hit around the world. In this country it has a huge audience — some of whom care very little about motoring — and this latest series has again been a delight. Clarkson, Hammond and May are fast approaching “national treasure” status, but a little nagging voice has started muttering in the back of my head . . . something about cars. Cars. That was what Top Gear was meant to be about. It’s now a brand, of course, appearing on another brand, the BBC. Is it just me, but have most of the “Stars in a Reasonably Priced Car” had some show to plug? And have most of those shows also been on the Beeb? Don’t get me wrong, I love the...
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