Photo of the day: the Vuhl 05 comes to London

“We fully recognise the importance of the UK market and have therefore worked especially hard to ready the car for sale in this territory. This has included creating a special all-inclusive launch price of £59,995.”

These are the words of Vuhl Managing Director Guillermo Echeverria last year, announcing how much us track car-loving Brits must pay for the 05.

And now it’s here. Last week’s London motor show heralded the arrival of right-hand-drive Vuhl 05s, and so it was an opportunity to give the car a new wind of publicity. And for the promotional shots, the UK isn’t short of circuits steeped in thrills or history: Goodwood, Silverstone, Thruxton…

Instead, Vuhl took the low-slung 05 into deepest London, and shot it in a street we presume contains no speed bumps. If it does, we can only assume the little roadster was dropped in via helicopter. We’ll never know, for the road’s true identity has succumbed to some Photoshop humour.

But doesn’t it look cool? It’ll be interesting to see how many sales it nabs from Ariel, Caterham et al…