Ryan Taggart

Yesterday at the Henley Traditional Boat Festival, I was lucky enough to stumble upon the Wells Vertige from @wellsmotorcars.co.uk & luckier still to get to speak to the company founder, Robin Wells. In my opinion, the #vertige brings together a fantastic engine (one that I lived with and loved in a Fiesta ST150) with a remap and new throttle bodies. All-round double wishbone suspension, dials that move with the steering wheel for exacting adjustment. A design that while successfully tipping its hat to the 1960s, also manages to pay homage to so many of my favourite cars. I can see GMA T33, Alfa 33 Stradale (especially in the doors) Ginetta, and Lotus Elan to name a few. I particularly love the way the main lines that run through the car run from front to back. Its proportions are spot on and at 4 x 1.75m, it is built for a B Road. The repositioning of the silencer putting it on show through the rear Perspex curved window, requires longer connections to the tail pipe, creating an engine noise more like a V6 than a four cylinder. This car has music in its soul. At 850Kg dry weight, it is Chapman-esque in its Britishness. Lotus take note! @chrisharrisoncars - please review this car @harrysgaragevids - this needs throwing round the Cotswolds!