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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
The 2 wheel drive version should be disastrous, the 3 wheel version with more power maybe catastrophic.
We will only ever find out if they build them.
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You sure do like to bash and slander a car that hasn't even been produced yet simply because of prejudice, don't you. I bet if you had lived in the early 1900's you'd be with the steam engine community against how the internal "explosion" engine was the worst idea in all of history.
Personally I'd like an ultra aerodynamic car, whether it be an Aptera, Aerocivic or similar. I think the Aptera would be a step in the right direction, a proof of concept that cars can be ultra efficient and practical at the same time. The world's infatuation with boxy SUV wind bricks makes me want to puke. Even the station wagon, which lends itself to a more aerodynamic design, has been totally eradicated in my country. I was hoping the station wagon would have evolved into a fast-back, coupé style family hauler. And after that, i was hoping that better safety equipment would eventually be perfected until the long nose on vehicles today wasn't necessary, allowing for everything to be shifted forwards making room in the rear for a boat tail to be the norm on production vehicles. In other words, put the EV "frunk" in the tail.
But maybe I'm completely wrong and need to accept that i need a wind brick like everyone else. Maybe I should go buy an abomination like the RAV4 that has ridiculous, unnecessary head room yet cuts off the circulation to my legs because it has less leg room than a Camry, that after you install a cargo net so you don't kill yourself with your own cargo has the same cargo room as my Toyota Avalon, and that I need to get the brand new hybrid version in order to get the same fuel mileage as my 8-year-old Avalon. And it also falls the Moose Test.
One thing we can both agree on is that we won't know how the Aptera actual is, good or bad, if they don't build any.