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Written by Stephen Dobie
You"re about to head on a 10,000-mile rally from the UK to far-flung Russia. You need to choose a car for the job. It"s not going to be an electric car, and the range anxiety that comes with it, surely?It is if you"re Chris Ramsey. He"s picked a Nissan Leaf as his car for this year"s Mongol Rally. It"s an adventure traditionally full of, um, not excellent old cars. The event"s own rulebook states "you need to drive a small, s*** car to make the rally tougher".Now, the Leaf is neither of those things. And very far from the latter, as our review testifies. But surely running a car which can"t be refueled with ease makes the rally tough in its own right? It appears the organisers agree
Date written: 30 Apr 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7625
You"re about to head on a 10,000-mile rally from the UK to far-flung Russia. You need to choose a car for the job. It"s not going to be an electric car, and the range anxiety that comes with it, surely?It is if you"re Chris Ramsey. He"s picked a Nissan Leaf as his car for this year"s Mongol Rally. It"s an adventure traditionally full of, um, not excellent old cars. The event"s own rulebook states "you need to drive a small, s*** car to make the rally tougher".Now, the Leaf is neither of those things. And very far from the latter, as our review testifies. But surely running a car which can"t be refueled with ease makes the rally tough in its own right? It appears the organisers agree
Date written: 30 Apr 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 7625
