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'The future is electric - reserve your Lightning now.' So says the website of the Lightning Car Company urging us to get our names on the list for its GT model for delivery in 2008. If you order now, there's plenty of opportunity to get it personalised just the way you want it and, at the price they're asking, who wouldn't want to go for a bit of personalising bling.

The Lightning Car Company goes on: 'Combining classic, British sports car design with racing car technology and state of the art NanoSafe battery power and Hi-Pa Drive electric motor innovation, the Lightning has been developed with exhilarating performance front of mind.' And I can't argue that it all sounds fab.

I'm coming out in goosebumps as I read about the comparative performance (using current data from WhatCar, in case you're wondering). While the Jag 4.2 XKR convertible goes from 0-60mph in 5.0 seconds thanks to 420bhp and the Toyota Prius 1.5 T4 trundles up to 60mph at a responsibly green 10.9 seconds and 76bhp, the Electric Lightning GTS is planned to deliver 0-60mph in 4.0 seconds from more than 700 bhp. That's surely enough to get the Top Gear guys twitching to have a go.

The website also calculates that this car, which will cost £150,000, will save a typical London commuter more than £10,000 a year. Just as well that the batteries are claimed to be good for 10-12 years and the body is composite.

Anyway, here's the science bit:

Manufacturer: Lightning Car Company, UK
Vehicle type: 2-seater sports convertible with hard top
Usage: Intercity
Construction:  Lightweight carbon fibre/Kevlar composite technology in association with Amber composite and technical resin bonders
Drive: Hi-Pa Drive technology - four 120Kw power Permanent Magnet brushless motors
Suspension: Fully independent, frotn and rear double wishbones, coils-over shock
Braking system: Full traction control and regenerative braking on all four wheels independently
Speed: up to 130mph
0-60mph:  4 seconds
Batteries: 'State of the art' NanoSafe battery packs. 35kW power
Charge time: from 10 minutes
Range: up to 250 miles
Price: £150,000
Available from: Reservations being taken now
Delivery date: 2008

If that's not enough info for you, check the Q&A section on the website. And here's the feature that might just tip it for me - despite the whopping battery pack, there's still enough room in this dream machine for my golf clubs. But will it help me play any better? Now I'm in danger of going from a dream to a fantasy.