Back then the Citicar was competing with ICE cars like the Pinto and the Vega. Either could be had for about $3,600 in 1976. The Citicar was about $1,000 higher at about $4,600.
Tom Keenan > On Jan 1, 2017, at 10:26 AM, Lee Hart via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > EVDL Administrator via EV wrote: >>> The result is a vehicle that closely resembles the Isetta of old, just >>> a bit bigger and rounder... > >> This is a pretty good start... The problem is the price... Make it cute, >> make it fun... and make it cheap. > > I think that is what Bob Beaumont and Bob Rice were after with the CitiCar. > Simple as dirt, fun to drive, and so ugly it's cute. And, it was the cheapest > car in America! This is why they sold thousands of the little buggers. > > The problem is that it was such a tiny company that they couldn't afford to > put the quality into it. Great idea; poor implementation. > > -- > Teaching children to program goes against the grain of modern education. > Just imagine the chaos if they learned to think logically, plan, create, > implement, test, and execute! > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
