Talk:Sinclair C5

YourC5 fansite
Someone (or multiple people maybe) keep adding a link to their forum to this site, using advert like text. There is no need for this link to be here, and the owners of the site and users of the site make money selling parts though it. How would one go about getting this site blocked? Is it even to the point where it should be? 88.211.96.3 (talk) 14:36, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Jet Powered
I think that the Jet-powered C5 is spoof.--Timtak (talk) 15:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

c5alive.co.uk
c5alive.co.uk is another c5 enthusiasts website which also has a forum, and yes, spares are bought and sold to help keep the things running. The c5's are all nearly 25 years old now and need some help to keep them running. So why not include links to such sites ?

Had a C-5 tough!
Had a C-5 "car" tough plastic somone took a sledge hammer to it only the taillight was damed! Also thinks theres a new Eletric scooter Car called the "NIKOLA" coming out soon based on the c-5(after NIKOLA Tesla Teslaedsonmoi (talk) 01:49, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Prototype C5
I spent the early eighties building all the Sinclair prototypes for the C5. As there were four of them (all different)and the resulting production model was called C5 I suppose you could say mine were the C1, C2, C3, and C4 (though that's not official of course). The other day I was tidying my garage and came across an eighth-scale model of the C4 which I had made for wind-tunnel testing at Exeter University. The project was moved from me to Lotus Cars for 'sorting and productionising' some time in 1983 and I seem to remember that the idea was to have them built in the defunct DeLorean factory in Ireland (by robots apparently) but we all know that the C5s ended up being assembled alongside washing machines at Hoover. I should point out that I only produced the bodies and that the mechanical engineering was carried out by a firm based at Exeter Airport. Rotorbloke (talk) 19:45, 11 December 2010 (UTC)

C5 Sales figures
Although I just added a cite (and correction) to the previously un-referenced "12,000 units" sales figures, the 17,000 overall units sold figure provided by Sinclair Research might be also doubtful, since Sir Clive was quoted by the BBC in 2003 as saying "we sold 5,000 of them".BBC News Perhaps some diligent digging (maybe via Hoover Company records or annual reports) will uncover some good sales figures from that era. &mdash; DennisDallas (talk) 16:46, 18 July 2011 (UTC) & 16:48, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

design
Who designed Sinclair C5? Rick Dickinson? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.83.10.244 (talk) 19:07, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No, he only did the ZX80, ZX81 and the original Spectrum. The C5 was designed by Tony Woods Rogers (who built the prototypes) and Guy Desbarats, who did the industrial design. Prioryman (talk) 19:17, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Battery capacity
The vehicle's battery is designed to provide 35 amps per hour when fully charged

is a direct quote from the source, but it doesn't make a lot of sense. What is meant is that a charged battery can supply 35 amps for one hour (and is then flat). 109.145.108.156 (talk) 22:30, 22 June 2016 (UTC)

Modern Successor
I noticed this on the BBC News site this morning: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38960275

(Clive Sinclair's nephew is trying to create a modern equivalent to the C5). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shasarak (talk • contribs) 09:42, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I added it (with a few more sources). It can be expanded if needed with info from the different sources. // Liftarn (talk) 08:52, 20 February 2017 (UTC)