THE 2015 FRANKFURT motor show was largely about speed, even when it was trying to be green, or comfortable.

Take Porsche’s Mission E. Fantastic design, the promise of fast charging tech, and no fuel bills. Oh, and it’s to be the fastest electric car the world can handle.

When it arrives in showrooms around 2018 it seems doing your bit for the environment could also keep you pinned to the back of the seats like nothing before it.

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Sounds a lot more like bragging rights than a genuine advance in motoring. But hey, in the quest to be thorough we still want to make sure it lives up to its claim.

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Yet people never seem to tire of the lure of speed.

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The reality is most owners won’t get close to experiencing the full potential of their go-fast machines. Even more won’t care.

But they’ll at least know they have something really, really fast. Just in case.

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