Clichéd truism, part one: you cannot please all of the

people, all of the time. On the one hand, there’s you, wanting your coupe

impractical and delicious to drive, preferably with a V8 and integrated

cherrywood humidor. Then there’s family, which needs something it can fit into

without intensive gymnastics training, and finally bank manager, who wants

something that runs on water and emits nothing but triplicate tax returns.

Never going to happen. Because – and this is clichéd truism, part two – in

life, you have to compromise. A pernicious ideology – possibly invented by

Buddhism – that suggests lack and restriction. But we all have to do it: give a

little on the fantasy to service the reality.

Words: Tom Ford

Photos: Barry Hayden

This feature was first published in June’s Top Gear mag