There is not much to cover today, so we thought we’d cover Mazda: the nothing brand. So titled because of our encounter with Martine Varrall, a PR representative, who apparently has nothing better to do with her time than be unprofessional towards us.

We really don’t know what motivated her to be so mean. We were merely doing what other motoring journalists do: begging for cars. We can neither forgive nor forget. In fact, we had to seek trauma counselling for years afterwards. And all because she had nothing better to do with her time.

Which brings us neatly on to the Mazda6e. It’s represented here by a single pixel, but we decided to be fair and enlarge it, because it represents the void—an empty space of nothingness. A metaphor that perfectly illustrates our encounter with our nemesis.

There is little else to report, other than Mazda has finally decided to use a larger battery: 78 kWh, which should deliver some decent real-world range. They claim 348 miles; we say 270 miles if you’re lucky. They also want you to pay £40,000 so you can say “Takumi Plus.” Good luck with that.