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Originally Posted by k3ith
I don't know. It looks a little dorky to be a status symbol. Great for a commuter but I'm not sure I can picture a lot of people getting one to show off.
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Oh it looks extremely dorky. My girlfriend thinks it's the ugliest thing on wheels, and my coworkers would probably laugh me out of the office if I drove up in it.
I sort of like it, but then I always like dumb things so that's not a big shock.
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Originally Posted by jkv357
Right. Make them in China and sell them for 1/2 of what they make them for here.
I just keep getting stuck on the price - there's just too much going on to be that cheap...
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Quite a few have pointed out that motorcycles are often more expensive. The problem I have with that is that motorcycle stuff as a whole is expensive. Cyclists pay a big markup for things, because the truth is many of them (especially fans of a certain Milwaukee-based manufacturer) love throwing money around.
Something like a stripped-out Versa runs what? $12,000 MSRP? There's a whole bunch more to even that base model Versa than the Elio. Plus if they're smart, all of the parts are just pulled from other models. Add to it the fact that the super cheap Elio will almost certainly be nowhere to be found (like every base model), and I start to think the numbers could be valid.
Though the build quality will also likely be kit-car level. I wasn't expecting much anyway (maybe better than say, a Zap! Zebra).