Fading into the background

Your long-term car reports are now mainly about everything but what the car is like to drive. It’s just a device to get from A to B.

So, it seems in the move to electric we worry about infotainment, space for odds and sods, cupholders, phonecharging ability etc and take the bits that we used to care about as a given. Fair enough, as this seems to be the way life is going, but it’s sad.

Your comparison tests are more like it – but for how long? Will group tests below Porsche Taycan level just compare equipment and packaging?

It’s all a bit sad for a man who, being born in 1952, has seen the most fantastic 70 years of car development. At least I saw it, though. And wow.

Simon Astley

Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

We try to focus on the realities of living with a car in long-term tests; detailed

driving impressions in first drives and road tests. Although yes, there’s far less driving distinction between EVS – KC