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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Scrap that one. Make more two-seaters for those of us who never need to carry more passengers. Of course having a 4/5 passenger model in the same line that shares parts is a good idea...
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Well... I see your point, the car could save on weight. And possibly be smaller. But that would only help if they sat jet-plane style, aka: one in front of the other. But if they sat next to each other, well look at the "perfect" shape:
There is still room for small rear seating no matter how soon you start to taper the back end.
But yes, for cost and weight, lose the back seats, you may have less headroom though, if you wanted to scale down the perfect shape a little.
Oh, and:
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Hello,
Here's another one to put in the mix; the Mercedes Bionic "Boxfish" car with 0.19Cd:
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Ya I saw that car. I wonder what it costs and what mpg it gets... (5 minutes later by way of google and wikipedia) Ok it costs: not-for-sale, weighs: 2,425 lbs, and gets: 70mpg. Very nice <(^^ , <)
But wait a minute, get this:
"At a constant 56 mph, the concept car will return an amazing 84 mpg."
Source
here
How it that for good.
And it is a 4-seater. Now that is a car, thanx NeilBlanchard, or should I say Mr. Hello. I had forgot about that car. But it is a concept, :sigh:
(Second post. shh, I don't think anyone will notice.)