their addons british business mogul alan sugar who was one of the main protagonists in this new era of home technology with his company amstrad paid tribute to his good friend and competitor what a guy he kicked started consumer electronics in the uk with his amplifier kits then calculators watch mini tv and of course the sinclair zx not to forget his quirky electric car rip friend he said on twitter for many people sinclair will be best remembered for that quirky sinclair c5 an illfated electric tricycle heralded as the future of ecofriendly transport but which turned out to be an expensive flop it was the ideas the challenge that he found exciting sinclairs daughter said hed come up with an idea and say theres no point in asking if someone wants it because they cant imagine it