Three wheeled vehicles from new ElioMotors for the US market
Three wheeled vehicles from new ElioMotors for the US market
With a sticker price under $7000, I imagine these vehicles will catch on, espescially in the warmer, southern US states. Looks like they would have some trouble in snow and icy road conditions. Even the cheapest cars available in the US, say a KIA or a Hyundai, are twice that price. The cheapest electric vehicles are over $30,000. Some day the current low oil prices will be a memory, and 84 miles per gallon (MPG) will be attractive (84 MPG = 36 kpl). Might be scary to drive one of these Elio vehicles with all the massive SUVs and trucks on the road, though. We'll see how safe the passsenger compartment is. Probably will be a hit with cash-strapped college kids first. I see they are filling the US television airwaves with commercials promoting this vehicle.
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Elio Motors was born
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That bubble-car looks like a BMW Isetta:
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Yeah, vegan hipsters deserve to have cars, too.Rutiger wrote:I imagine these vehicles will catch on, espescially in the warmer, southern US states.
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Re: Three wheeled vehicles from new ElioMotors for the US market
[quote="John Bingham"]That bubble-car looks like a BMW Isetta:
It's a Heinkel Trojan, fairly similar. When I was in senior high a girl in my class had a boyfriend with a Messerschmitt KR200, not the ideal "courting car"
It's a Heinkel Trojan, fairly similar. When I was in senior high a girl in my class had a boyfriend with a Messerschmitt KR200, not the ideal "courting car"
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my toilet seat is bigger than most of these cars i have big ass
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Re: Three wheeled vehicles from new ElioMotors for the US market
Three-cyl fuel-injected 55hp engine could be very popular as a second car for families or an around town car for city dwellers. I don't see it as a freeway car, but might make a good/cheap commuter car. Back when the VW bug came out, all the people with big American land-yachts turned their noses up at them, and look how many VW sold. I say, bring back the original bug, but with a computer-controlled air-cooled flat 4 cyl. The VW that is now produced is an overpriced piece of cr*p. KISS=Keep it Simple and Stupid.
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