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Old 05-06-2014, 10:56 AM   #469 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
Therein lies the rub. Most of us expected them to be using an off-the-shelf Suzuki or Fiat solution. They're now committed to building their own engine.

And that's an expensive decision.

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That's news to me. Last I heard they were using a sourced 3 cyl engine (not sure of the manufacturer).

Deciding to build your own engines is a HUGE undertaking. At this point it makes the Elio look even farther from reality.

I really hope they do succeed, but so far there have been a lot of things that don't seem to add-up for the timeline and price-point they are aiming at. This just adds one more.
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