I think it was just so far removed from what we are used to that alienated a lot of people to them.

They have grown on me, slowly but surely. Especially when I saw one at Surrey Rolling Road (DaveP I think) That just looked the nuts, I saw them in a different light after that. I think you need to look around a good one in the flesh to reall appreciate it.

Having heard people who have driven them give glowing reports, maybe we are really missing a trick?

I think one other problem is that they are not in the hands of enough entusiasts yet, the arrival of the Hatch coincided with a downturn in the economy. Give it another couple of years and I think we will see more and more of them.