- Datsun 240Z by Silent Classics: The 240Z uses a twin motor set-up from a Lexus GS450h

- Open the bonnet and where once you’d have found a 2.4-litre 150bhp straight-six, there’s now a large anodised box containing a 36kWh battery pack

- Running 600 volts, those Lexus motors develop 320bhp, all fed to the back wheels and out via a set of eco-minded Falken tyres

- In terms of tech there are switchable drive modes (Eco, Sport, Drift – the latter entirely unnecessary in a car with no traction control), and an integrated tablet serves as the central screen. But none of that interferes. This still feels like a classic, just one motivated by electrons topgear.com/node/318624?fb…