After what seems like an eternity, me and the fledgling family are departing the capital for a greener backdrop. So it's the end of a long-running urban love affair - not least with Landon's endlessly frustrating road network. Hence a rare PH tribute to the concept of the city car, which I'll kick off with BMW's game-changing effort.
Choosing the perfect city-spec i3 isn't easy. Most out there are the more powerful S, which is odd as the lower ride height is even stiffer than standard. When I arrived back in London the little Up managed to make darting around town a hoot because it's a city car, and therefore small and nimble. As I said, it isn't the best hot hatch, but as city car with some flair and the ability to run rings around prats in Golf GTIs it's great.
Of course, where the GT really comes into its own is the time in between, be it an A-road commute home, or perhaps a more fitting jaunt along the French Riviera towards Monaco. You won't want for power , but it's not all brutish straight-line grunt - with a 50:50 torque split that varies as required, the 2.4-tonne monster has been said to corner 'as if on rails'. Nice and safe on the North Circular, then.
Part of a genuine, money-CAN-buy production range, this one listed in the classifieds has four seats , plus a TV, and a fridge, and real leather. There's ambient lighting to"match the passenger's mood" , a Bluetooth stereo system, and the rear doors close as if by magic, thanks to the automatic closure from a Rolls Royce. Indeed, the listing says these are"extravagant features usually reserved for superyachts and private jets".
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