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Just a couple of observations and questions.
From this layman's perspective, one of the key elements to the overall shape of the EV1 is the narrower track of the rear wheels. I don't know if the Insight has this, but it seems to be a place that the designers of today's cars don't want to go. Why not? Is it because it looks too "dorky" for the mass car buying public? Is it that much less stable?
Granted the EV1 was a 2 seater, but the layout of many of today's cars places the wheels very far forward, and very far aft. It seems that with a focus on a 4 seater instead of a 5 seater, the shape could start tapering at the B columns, the rear track could be narrowed, the wheelbase lengthened, and there would still be plenty of storage space in the resulting quasi-boattail. With all of the microprocessors in modern cars anyway, it seems that they could come up with an active suspension to counter the roll of a narrower rear track.
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