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a few things, some facts and figures to pass by, just stop me when I'm wrong, you're going to make 100 cars, road cars, 25 track cars, price £2m plus tax, 2.36 tax, 2.36 plus tax and now the big question is that it still sold out, surprisingly, We have sold more than pre-sold, more than two-thirds of the cars when we started this program, all the directors were sitting there thinking, you know? Do you think we will pre-sell before showing the car? and I said. Yeah, sure, I mean, I've got some down the road with F1, I'm sure they'll want one and we thought maybe 10 12 cars, um, and we sold the first half of the cars based on my pen sketch that we posted last year.

It's been a great sketch, it took me two hours to make a schedule in pen, I bought the car and a description of course, sure, which I think is fantastic, you know, I wouldn't have believed you had sold so many cars in advance. It's amazing and the lovely thing is that I've spoken to or met virtually every owner and they are exactly the right kind of people who I think are going to use the car, yes that's what F1 did to people but you saying that there are some spots left, which is yes, there is still a chance that this will be the last one, yes, absolutely, yes, but I think after the launch we will be in a bit of a rush and people will see it because naturally they have been waiting just two.

Things, I think they've been waiting to see the car and they want to make sure in this climate that the program is real and it's not another AMG or Aston where it's going to be delayed and delayed and delayed and we're right on target. production and on budget, so it's actually easier with a small company. Interestingly, if you have a big company, it's quite difficult to manage and if you have a crisis or a problem, it takes a long time to stop the tanker and turn around, you know? We have a very flexible small business, we don't answer to anyone and we make a mistake.

We change our action. Well, Gordon, it's been a complete honor for you to show us the car today. I wish you all the best. I would. I'll shake your hand, but we're not allowed, so I'm going to go buy a hundred pounds worth of lottery tickets.