Should a car last 100 years? Sportscar-maker Longbow reckons so

Imagine: a car that lasts 100 years. Not just preserved like a museum piece, but continuously upgraded, repaired, and remanufactured. Interiors refreshed, drivetrains swapped out, and the core shell and structure still doing its job decades later. A British Leyland special this is not.

The message from the sustainability bods to the car industry speaking at the FT’s Future of the Car summit is: build a car so it lives well, dies responsibly, and can be reborn without giving the planet another sucker punch.