Portal to the Future November 2012 | Page 7

Think Statue of Liberty. That exact green. The interior is no less creative. The dashboard is made of old newspapers squished together to make a sort of wood. The passenger cell is upholstered in felt. I’m sorry that I’ve devoted so many words to the Onyx, but it’s such a perfect example of the future, now.

Thing is, all this innovation worries me. I want the car to stay as a simple, analogue, machine. Performance cars will be hit hardest. The next BMW M3 and RenaultSport Clio will both be turbocharged. The spiritual successors to the McLaren F1, Ferrari Enzo, and Porsche Carrera GT will all be hybrids. However, there are some simple cars that will stay. The Toyota GT86, Suzuki Swift Sport, and Morgan 3Wheeler are all slow and simple, and all the car magazines I read adore them. But the ultimate analogue car will be, forever and always, the Caterham 7. The basic recipe hasn’t changed for sixty-five years. A final note, directed at Caterham. Try to make that number a hundred.

From: http://www.elcoche.net/analisis/caterham-7/