Well, you didn’t expect him to come out in defence of the fossil-fuellers, did you? Elon Musk, boss ofTesla and full-time electric car evangelist, has told reporters the Volkswagen emissions scandaldemonstrates that manufacturers have ‘reached the limit’ of conventional fuels.

The VW emissions saga is snowballing into one of the biggest scandals in automotive history, with 11 million cars implicated, a huge chunk wiped from VW shares, and CEO Martin Winterkorn standing down.

Honda has done it again. The Japanese carmaker has forged itself a bit of a reputation for creating adverts that capture the imagination. More so than many of its current cars, some might argue.