[On the Peugeot Onyx concept car shown in the studio]
It looks absolutely fantastic and you'll notice that some of the bodywork is made from copper. Just like the boiler tubes on a Gresley A4 Streamliner Pacific Locomotive.
[hurriedly] Yes, James, yes, yes.
And it's actually untreated copper so over time, it'll turn green … unless a scrap metal merchant removes it in the night.
Inside they've continued the theme of using unusual materials, so the dashboard is made out of recycled newspaper. I'm guessing they'll have used the Guardian for everything on the left and the Telegraph for everything on the right. Actually the newspaper is good because it means there is no need to Bluetooth your phone to it; The dashboard will already have listened to your messages for you.
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