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ARCADE FIRE

Of all the cars I’ve ever driven… this is the daftest. I mean what is it for? Usually a good place to start. After a conversation with its creator, American drift legend Vaughan Gittin Jr, and several hours of thought, the best I can come up with is ‘cocking about’.

And that’s fine with me. I mean, it’s not exactly a standard Ford Mustang Mach-E now is it? Most quick electric cars have a motor on each axle. Tesla is talking about putting a pair in the back of its quickest Model S. This has seven motors, each developing 200bhp, three on the front axle, four on the

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