He explained why an electric vehicle could be chosen to suit such a "tough guy". Palmer said:

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"What does electric give you? It gives you phenomenal acceleration, phenomenal torque (force) – immediate pick-up, there's no lag, so if you use it well and certainly in the near and medium-term and in our terminology, the long-term, you're going to have at least a combination of battery, electric and gasoline and then you get the best of both worlds. 

You get the engagement and the sound of a V12 or a V8 engine but you get the power supplemented by the electric motor, so you get the best of both."

As we know from his background with Nissan as the main cheerleader behind the LEAF, Palmer is a firm believer in electric cars becoming the norm in the future.