Posted on 04/25/2014 11:56:28 AM PDT by posterchild
You wouldn't think a small, green, three-wheeled vehicle would be the perfect recipe for creating a buzz in the car world.
But that's what Paul Elio has done with his Elio Motors firm, and though the vehicle in question is still a fair while from production reality, the company has a loyal following already.
So far, it's enough of a buzz that over 15,000 people have put down deposits for the car, according to Elio's website (via Autoblog Green).
That doesn't mean the company has 15,000 sales in the bag, of course.
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It's led Elio to suggest the emissions from driving its cars 20,000 miles per year will produce lower greenhouse gases than the emissions of a cow.
(Excerpt) Read more at autos.yahoo.com ...
We call them Big Wheels in fly over country...
Basically an enclosed snow mobile with wheels.
It’s led Elio to suggest the emissions from driving its cars 20,000 miles per year will produce lower greenhouse gases than the emissions of a cow.
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But riding a cow on the freeway might be safer.
Moooooove over! Bossy is coming through!
It’s exactly a Can-Am Spyder! All he did is enclose it....
Rofl!
That ride would be absolutely bovine!
:-)
Probably some checkbox on the Obamacare website that enrollees don't understand what it means.
“But riding a cow on the freeway might be safer.”
I imagine cows are also harder to tip over.
Saw a clip of Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear driving a 3 wheeler. A scream.
I’ll see if I can find it.
Yup I thought trike with sheet metal... you have the classic version
yabba dabba doo
If they’re awake.
:-)
How many times to manufacturers have learn and relearn the lesson that 3 wheeled autos are inherently unsafe.
Clarkson in a three-wheeler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
To be built in the USA if he has his way.
How many times to manufacturers have learn and relearn the lesson that 3 wheeled autos are inherently unsafe.
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The manufacturers are driving SUVs.
:-)
Renault Robin, probably the funniest episode of Top Gear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQh56geU0X8
It is very similar, but with a much wider wheelbase. At $6800, it is a fourth of what my Spyder cost, but has only about half the horsepower, and none of the fun.
That being said, I would like to test drive one, to see what it has.
They made 3 wheeled cars in Britain for many years. Supposedly because they were taxed at the lower rate of a motorcycle.
Jeremy Clarkson flipped one half a dozen times during a 50 mile cruise on Top Gear.
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