Below is a question and answers section kindly supplied by Chris Dell, the Managing Director of The Lightning Car Company.
Firstly, I would like to take this opportunity to thank your or your interest in our electric Lightning project – your comments and feedback are helping spur the entire Lightning team on to produce an incredible exciting car.
I am pleased to announce the Launch of our car at the London International Motor Show later this month. Please find attached flyer advertisement.
As you might expect, since we launched the new designs to the market and subsequently updated the website, we have been inundated with enquiries, which is why I am writing to you.
The queries you have are those shared by many others and as such, I have listed these below and where possible given you the answers as best I can at this stage of the project build. I hope you will find this satisfactory and appreciate that not everything is yet set in stone. With that in mind, here goes…
Q. What will the price of the electric Lightning be?
A. This will depend on the final specification of the vehicle. However we hope to be able to retail the car at around £150,000.
Q. When will it be available?
A. We anticipate commencing the build of customer cars in the first half of next year.
Q. Will it be available in other markets around the world?
A. We have had a tremendous amount of interest from around the world, from potential customers, investors and parties interested in building Lightning under license. As such, we anticipate that the car will be sold in a number of key markets across the globe.
Q. Will there be agent or dealership opportunities?
A. We have commenced initial dialogue with a number of interested parties regarding this point and are happy to share our thoughts on an individual market basis as appropriate.
Q. When will the car be unveiled to the public?
A. Following the decision to re-design the electric Lightning to better reflect the technologies incorporated in the vehicle, we will unveil the car later this year.
Q. Will a left hand drive model be available?
A. Yes
Q. How many seats does the car have?
A. 2, but watch this space!
Q. Are there hi-resolution images available of the car?
A. Yes, they can be found on the website within our press area.
Q. What options will be available on the car?
A. An outline options list is available on the website, although this is subject to alteration
Q. Are there employment opportunities at The Lightning Car Company?
A. We are happy to receive CV’s, and will contact individuals if we feel it appropriate to do so. All others will be placed on file for future reference.
Q. Do we need test drivers?
A. No, but thank you for the huge number of offers.
Again, I would like to thank you for contacting us and your support of the project – we look forward to keeping you in touch with progress over the coming months.
