Some cars make you grin before you even touch the wheel. The Longbow Speedster is one of them. Picture a British roadster that channels the ghost of the Jaguar E-Type, minus the petrol fumes and with torque that pins you to the seat like a rude waiter slamming down a tray of champagne. This isn’t some bloated battery brick; it’s a featherweight electric vehicle (FEV, as the makers call it), a cheeky nod to the playful roadsters of old, but armed with the silent fury of electricity.
Longbow Motors, a plucky British start-up cooked up by two ex-Tesla engineers, Daniel Davy and Mark Tapscott, dragged this beast from sketch to rolling prototype in six months flat. Six. While the rest of the planet argues about charging cables and range anxiety, these two built an open-top two-seater that tips the scales at just 895 kg. Lighter than your average weekend bag stuffed with wine. That featherweight trick is the magic ingredient: the Speedster darts like a cat on a hot tin roof and hits 100 km/h in 3.5 seconds, all from a single rear-mounted 322 hp motor that won’t wake the neighbours.
Hold on, it gets better. With a WLTP range of 443 km you can blast to the coast for the weekend without obsessively checking the plug map. The battery is cleverly packaged, no spare fat, and the result is a car that dances like a classic yet punches like tomorrow’s rocket. Its hard-top sister, the Roadster, weighs 995 kg, cracks 100 km/h in 3.6 seconds, stretches to 450 km and starts at around €76,000. The open Speedster? €97,000, but limited to 150 hand-built examples, so you’re buying rarity, not just horsepower.
What makes the Speedster brilliant is the slap it delivers to the heavyweight EVs. While we’re still waiting for that mythical Tesla Roadster that’s been “next year” for a decade, Longbow serves up something lighter, purer and properly British. No flashing screens, no pointless gizmos; just an extruded-aluminium chassis that sings through corners. Take it down a twisty back road and you’ll feel the tarmac, the wind, the silence, and remember why wheels were invented. In a world of whispering SUVs, a sports car that reminds you driving is fun is a breath of fresh air.
Bottom line: the Longbow Speedster proves electric can be rock ’n’ roll. It’s a rebel with a battery, a wink to the past and a haymaker to the future. If you love sports cars that make your pulse race without poisoning the planet, keep your eyes peeled. Production kicks off in 2026 and reservations are open.
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