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Land Rover-designed Santa's sleigh (2009)

The Land Rover-designed sleigh for Father Christmas, penned by Florian Dobe By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 15 December 2009 22:22 Today it’s the turn of Land Rover to show off its version of Santa’s sleigh. Father Christmas’s go-anywhere 4x4 delivery wagon was sketched out exclusively for CAR Online – as part of our Christmas 2009 special feature.Submitted by Oliver Le Grice, Land Rover’s chief designer of advanced design, and designed by Florian Dobe, the Land Rover sledge is designed to deliver presents to all corners of the Earth. The Midlands design HQ has helpfully attached a spec sheet, letting us know this Land Rover has height adjustable suspension (presumably controlled by the brand’s Terrain Response controller) and a hitherto top-secret powertrain option: a particle accelerator.

Configure your dream tuk-tuk

For at least a decade, potential tuk-tuk buyers have demanded an online tool for configuring electric tuk-tuks. Recently, a Dutch firm, the Tuk Tuk Factory, has released just such a tool at myetuk.com. The site allows you to choose between four body styles and a huge range of paint schemes.

‘Nemesis’ breaks UK electric car speed record

An electric car – based on a second-hand Lotus Exige – has broken the UK electric car speed record with a speed of 151.6mph. We’re not entirely sure how relevant a new UK speed record for an electric car is, but let’s be parochial and report it anyway. The ‘Nemesis’ is an electric car built round a second hand Lotus Exige, bought off eBay, by a team of engineers in a shed in Norfolk and driven by an Estate Agent from Gloucestershire.