Usability and the Joy of Motoring

If you're not familiar with BBC's show Top Gear, it is ostensibly an automotive review...but the reality of it is so much more entertaining than just that.  The hosts are very funny, the metrics by which cars are tested and rated are, let's say, unique and quite often they touch on some interesting usability issues.

One such issue involved the Russian-built TVR Tuscan, a rather expensive roadster.  Host Jeremy Clarkson offers a group of people 20 quid if they can get into the car, start the engine and get out of the car within one minute.  Easy, right?  Watch for yourself.  The portion begins at 5 minutes 26 seconds into the clip.  

I mean, I've had occasional trouble figuring out how to release the keys from the ignition of some cars but this is a absurd. File under "Form Mugs Function."