You don’t need to have seen what happened to the Sinclair C5 to appreciate that anything labelled ‘the next big thing’ can sometimes face a hard road.
No roof, frighteningly small - Sir Clive Sinclair’s one-person battery electric recumbent tricycle (some called it a car) never looked totally certain of being an unqualified success. The one this reporter spotted was on Leckwith roundabout in Cardiff circa 1988. The weather was terrible and the chap driving it was not only having a good soaking but also looked terrified as lorries sped past with spray hitting the poor man in the face.
Presumably, he made it home, parked it in his garage and threw the ignition key as far away as it could fly.
