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Old 08-28-2014, 04:52 PM   #607 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Exclusive Capsule Review: Elio Motors P4 Prototype | The Truth About Cars
Ragged edits, creaking noises, no scripting and all for the same 20 seconds of action repeated over and over for five minutes. Wow. Maybe better:


Great staging and production values. Except for the disembodied interviewer phoning it in from who knows where. He's billed as David Hurth (World's Worst Interviewer)—so what are the comments all about? The interviewer.

I prefer the styling of the VW Nils, imagine this as a 3-wheeler:


Edit: brucepick -- OK, the article is better.

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The engine has been designed by IAV with a turbocharger in mind. Paul Elio told me that Comau, which is providing the machinery and automation for the assembly lines at the Shreveport plant, has left a spot on the line empty for the time being so that a turbo installation station can be added later.
30 prototypes for testing, just like VW in the '30s.

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