MAKING CARS A FOOL’S GAME

The stress of April Fools day is over for another year. I think BMW was the first car company to enter into the spirit, but today virtually every motor maker gets in on the act.

Why the stress? Because I’m terrified of not spotting one and treating it as a fact. Anyway, they tend on the whole to be spottable.

Like Skoda coming up with ‘QuarrelKancel’ noise cancelling technology to block out the kids rowing in the back seats.

Seat announced the launch of an Arona ‘Copper Edition’ which has a slot on its dashboard for 1p and 2p coins which activate the engine when you pay.

MG has announced it will be offering cars powered by engines running on Alpaca poo. And Aston Martin joined in the fun by announcing it is developing a monster truck called Project Sparta.

Actually, it would be no more impractical than Aston’s zillion quid Valkyrie track car.

Finally, McLaren targeted staff at its technology centre, lampooning its attention to detail. It announced that synchronised tea breaks would be introduced to save time and that floor tiles would be measured and ones 0.01mm out would be replaced.

I’m sure McLaren’s joke is a dig at ex-McLaren boss Ron Dennis who was famously anal about everything. He used to insist the McLaren F1 team trucks be parked with all their wheel nuts in the same position.