A new concept

I was stopped in my tracks by the Alpine A110 GTA concept in evo 284. But Stuart Gallagher’s words ‘unless something very dramatic happens, it will not be appearing at Le Mans any time soon’ got me thinking…

As the relentless march towards electric-powered dominance continues, all concept cars with an internal combustion engine should be banned – and built instead.

With 2029 the last year during which new cars powered by internal combustion alone can be sold in the UK, why not create that race series that allows engineers to build the car they’ve always wanted to see on track, with an engine not held back by regulation? Then hopefully we can benefit from the road-going equivalent while there’s still time.

Some of the greatest road cars of all time have been built at a financial loss; I hope to see plenty more of them over the next eight years, fitted with some of the greatest engines ever made. Ban the ‘concepts’ and just build the best.

Andrew Malone, Scotland