After the aquaplaning accident that wrote off the Type 49 I thought long and hard about what to have next. There were no new real alternatives to the cars that I had thought about last time around, except maybe a Smart Brabus Roadster - cheap, maybe not fast, but fun and funky. But it's not really me, and I have reassuring first-hand experience of the strength of an Elise when things go wrong, so another Elise then...

After the distinctive looks of the Type 49 I wanted something a bit different again, and decided on Krypton Green, a colour normally only seen on the Exige, though it is offered on the 111R as a "lifestyle color" in America

Put your shades on and come inside