Peeped into the Cars exhibition at the V&A. There were plenty of cars on display, but I wondered about the agenda. It did show oil depletion but didn't really show the progress on electric cars. I'd have liked to have seen a couple of examples, and maybe a cutaway example with the batteries section displayed.
Infinest Top Gear traditions, they had an E-Type jaguar on display. It looked suitably vintage until one noticed the cockpit which featured a flat panel display. Check it out in my picture below.
See, vintage steering wheel and then a computer console next door to it? But that seemed to be the token nod to electric cars, and perhaps also to British manufacturing. For small cars, there was the Messerschmidt bubble car and the Fiat 600. No Issigonis Mini on display. The show included mass production, featuring Ford and may be glossing over the Japanese. I was pleased to see The Fifth Element receiving recognition.
It was an interesting meander but I did wonder about Bosch the sponsor's curation criteria.
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