I know it's a bit blurry, but that's because it is on Google Streetview.
It also goes faster than "the majority of EU national maximum speed levels"
Which means that the Green Party want it off the road - along with just about every other car that is currently on the UK roads.
Six Green Party members have noticed that this may not be a vote-winner.
Caradvice.com.au alerted me to the story here.
Which prompted me to check out The Mirror story here.
Which prompted me to check out The Green Party's own Website for their Transport Policy.
And sure enough - it is in there - it is well-hidden but it is in there:
"TR310 Vehicles would not be permitted for road use that had the ability to travel at greater speeds than the majority of EU national maximum speed levels."
Now I could be in favour of this...
...if it meant that the majoirity of EU national speed limits were raised to 200mph - the M6 Toll Road is a bit like that now - although it is mostly Zafira Drivers who speed along there for some reason.
But what I suspect the Greens want is for us all to drive around in slow cars.
Perhaps something pre-war - with rubbish brakes and rubbish fuel economy and rubbish passenger-crash-zones and horrific emissions. They don't want to ban that, but they would ban a Smart Fortwo II 0.8 CDi:
The Greens' transport policy looks like war on the motorist. There are 570 paragraphs and it includes the word "holistic" which is never a good thing. It also advocates a lot of "public awareness campaigns" to tell us why what we are doing is wrong.
Believe it or not - I am environmentally friendly - I cycle and I recycle - a bit - and I don't use my car for unnecessary journeys - but if the Greens want to try to engage with me, they are going to have to be a lot more understanding of the modern world and the fact that people can get a lot of enjoyment from cars and driving. The world looks very dark under the greens.
Dark green.
Like my car.
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