OK, so one 3 wheeler has 2 wheels at the front, the other has 2 at the back, but somehow I feel that after 23 years since Clive Sinclair’s hilarious C5, the Aptera suffers from the same fundamental problems – it looks ridiculous.

In a recent promotional video, an Aptera marketing boss went as far as to say that the Aptera turns head like a Lamborgini. It’ll turn head for sure, but not for the same reasons.

If it doesn’t follow the C5 into total obscurity I’ll happily eat my biodegradable hat. I mean, where do I fit the golf clubs, the groceries? And exactly how safe will I be when a cast member from Laguna Beach drives over me in his dad’s Humvee?

Should I live long enough on the merciless roads of LA, I think I’d feel about as fashionable driving one of these things as walking into my local Trader Joe’s with a black sparkling glove and a rolled up trouser leg. If someone can persuade me to the contrary I’d love to hear.