At $10K US it would cost too much for a simple car especially if the
"trikke" car (Elio) is going to sell for less than $7K. As for crash
tests people do ride around on motobikes and mopeds. A few mods might
make it pass but how much energy does it use to "pump it up"? The
reason that smart cars haven't exactly taken off is their mileage is not
that much difference from something like a Toyota Yaris.
On 05/13/2014 12:48 PM, fleetwood_macnche...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife]
wrote:
Yes, but they can advertise it as from the same car family as, and I
hate to admit it, Jaguar (now produced by India's Tata Motors).
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <rick@...> wrote :
Seems like it wouldn’t pass a crash test, unless significantly
modified.No front bumpers even.
*From:*FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
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*Sent:* Tuesday, May 13, 2014 11:03 AM
*To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
*Subject:* Re: [FairfieldLife] A pretty cool car, and it's from India
I'm seeing smart cars all around town and the smaller Toyotas, Hondas
and KIAs being driven. If it gets crash tested so it can be sold in
the US it will get sold here. I live in a refinery town and my guess
the company engineers are the ones who buy these first. :-D
On 05/13/2014 07:34 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@...
<mailto:turquoiseb@...> [FairfieldLife] wrote:
*/Go figure. This cute little beast is from India's Tata
Motors, and although Americans probably won't be able to
conceive of driving a vehicle this small, I can ensure you
that it will be a big hit among city dwellers in Europe, who
don't really need anything larger. Besides, it produces zero
emissions, and runs on air. Really. /*
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