Favourite Cars thread

Actually I think Ineos have done very well to get the car into production when you consider all the hoops they have had to jump thru, development, production and regulatory.
Remember Sinclair (whoops) Dyson spent something like a 1B pounds/Euros on his failed electric car project. Tesla was built on the back of US govt subsidies and after nearly 10 yrs in production has only recently turned an operating profit.
Under all the current EU/US and other countries regulation, particularly safety and emissions, the desire to be "simple" in the vein of the original Defender (or the Patrol/LC I previously mentioned) is just not possible. The other issue is the target market has an expectation for all the bells and whistles, so at the end of the day they have really built a competitor for the latest Defender model with a retro body and more off road orientated suspension. 
I fully understand their going for "crate" engine/ gearbox packages from BMW/ZF as they are already certified and do not have any development cost, same with the Dana axles. To be fair the BMW B58 (Petrol) and B57 (diesel) are quite well regarded, could just be better if they did not use so much plastic for things like valve covers and cooling components. In an ideal world I would prefer a naturally aspirated petrol engine, something like the now defunct Ford 4.0L Barra (Falcon/Territory) which is as tough as old boots (tuners are getting up to 1500kW out of them!), good torque and an uncomplicated engine, but it would not pass latest Euro emissions requirements.
Hopefully the electrical system has not been designed by someone who did their apprenticeship with Joseph Lucas.
Will be interesting to see how durable they are after a couple of years.