[vyper]

As for the engine, the concept had a one-cylinder diesel engine producing 8.5 horsepower and 13.5 foot-pounds of torque

Wow, 2 more HP than my old go-cart.

Nice though, if they can get the price to around $8k like they said, it will sell like hotcakes.

8k? That's just over... wait

*does conversion to GBP*

Heh, that's less than my student loans. Awesome.

[Stealth]

pshhh... 8.5HP for $8,000?

why not go for an engine almost 65 times more powerful, for only ~8 times as much

[Nuke]

if you bothered to read the article the car would cost $40000 usd. the $8000 is merely the cost of the carbon fiber used in the car.

[BlueFlames]

why not go for an engine almost 65 times more powerful, for only ~8 times as much

So that you don't suck through a $68.00 tank of fuel every two-hundred miles.

[colecampbell666]

haha

235 miles per gallon.

i'm lucky if i get 235 miles per TANK, and i have a 17 gallon tank

Although you must be getting less due to the reduced weight, half of your car being in the ditch where you died. *runs*

[Nuke]

while everyones out trying to get americans to buy fuel efficient cars, maybe we should also force them to be better drivers. then the safety concerns with ultra lightweight cars like this one would be less of a valid concern. once the switch over to vehicles like this one is complete, then a collision between two of them would probably leave you with an expensive repair bill. im not sure if there are presently any procedure to patch busted carbon fiber. i do know that when it fails it turns into a stringy mess, but i guess its better than getting impaled on a jagged piece of metal.

[Mars]

I think that licenses should be tougher to get, and that vehicles weighing over a certain amount (say much over a sedan) should require an additional license class that's additionally harder to get.

[Nuke]

[BloodEagle]

I think that licenses should be tougher to get, and that vehicles weighing over a certain amount (say much over a sedan) should require an additional license class that's additionally harder to get.

I'm not a politician. But I live in Florida, and I [expletive removed] approve this message.

[Topgun]

I think that licenses should be tougher to get, and that vehicles weighing over a certain amount (say much over a sedan) should require an additional license class that's additionally harder to get.

A good Idea except that it's a bad idea. the government always screws up. what would end up happening is the good drivers will have a hard time getting a license and the bad ones will get one anyway.
just look at the airports.

[Bobboau]

not to mention the government telling you how and where you may travel is a tenuous power at best.

[Stealth]

while everyones out trying to get americans to buy fuel efficient cars, maybe we should also force them to be better drivers. then the safety concerns with ultra lightweight cars like this one would be less of a valid concern. once the switch over to vehicles like this one is complete, then a collision between two of them would probably leave you with an expensive repair bill. im not sure if there are presently any procedure to patch busted carbon fiber. i do know that when it fails it turns into a stringy mess, but i guess its better than getting impaled on a jagged piece of metal.

disagree.

99% of the time people that die in car wrecks die because of the impact, not because they're impaled by a jagged piece of metal.

if you remove all the metal that's between the driver and the object he hits, you take away the chances he'll walk away from the wreck.

...the main reason most motorcycle accidents are fatal.

[Nuke]

perhaps, but i have a feeling people would be safer drivers if cars were equipped with explosive charges on impact triggers.

[Mars]

You do make an excellent point

[phreak]

it looks like the speedometer gets up to 180km/h, wishful thinking

[Bobboau]

it could get up there, it might take an hour or two, but it has realy low drag, so it could get well up there.

[vyper]

it looks like the speedometer gets up to 180km/h, wishful thinking

111MPH is believable for a aerodynamic, light car. You're making the mistake of seeing engine size as the b-all and end all of performance.

[Kosh]

Good luck if you get into an accident in that thing.  And I feel like trying to cram anything bigger than a gallon of milk into it would max out its storage space.

I don't think it is intended to carry anything except you back and forth from the suburbs to your office 30 miles away.

[Mars]

So basically it fulfills the same role as a bus at many times the price... probably because Suburban Joe is too stupid or too scared or too ignorant to figure out a bus system.

[vyper]

Or prefers the tranquillity,  personal safety, and enjoyment of using his own car.

You self righteous idiot.