Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve covered the launch of the electric Tesla sports car [here and here] but all of that coverage has been from the US. Now though, in time for Christmas, the Top Gear lads have gotten hold of one and taken it through its paces.

Jeremy Clarkson is on hand to test it and, knowing just how much disdain he holds for anything that doesn’t guzzle petrol and roar like a lion, it’s interesting to see the Tesla make him smile – mostly for the right reasons.

Take the staggering 0-60mph of just 3.9 seconds [“biblically quick”] that leaves a regular Lotus Elise sucking dust and Clarkson grinning like a loon.

Although, as you’ll see, it’s not all plain sailing.