The Sweeney remake will see maverick cop Jack Regan chasing crooks in a Ford Focus ST, instead of the familiar Granada.

He's just turned 17 and has had his driver's licence for less than a year. But Mitch Evans is already being touted as one of our greatest motor racing prospects, hanging with the rock stars of the Formula One circuit.

The country's first road-legal, solar-powered car will be rolled out next week.