Elementary Dear Watson

A couple of my favourite sites today feature this car:

It is an Elemental RP1 which, as Autocar for one report, has been shown off ahead of an appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

Autocar describe it as a rival for the Vühl 05.  I see the logic there, the Vühl 05 is a two-seater track-day car that looks quite similar:

It also debuted at Goodwood last year.

Although, I see the RP1 as a two-seated version of the BAC Mono - a BAC Duo if you like:

BAC want to sell the Mono in America but I'm not sure if they realise that Mono is what Americans call Glandular Fever.

 

All three cars are similarly sized and all produce about 280bhp.  The BAC is built in Liverpool so gets my vote - the Elemental seems to be from Surrey while the Vühl is Mexican.  Cost-wise though, the Vuhl is a mere £60000 compared to the Mono's £110000 - a bit of clever pricing could be elementary in the Elemental's success.

 

Having said that - a proper windscreen would be nice too.