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Even though a reverse-trike may have a better ride, conventional ones had been more successful commercially such as the Piaggio Ape, the Lambro and the Reliant. I don't know why, but even some reasonable projects such as the Pompéo, a 2-seater reverse-trike which was meant to be made in Brazil and use the 250cc Yamaha air-cooled thumper also fitted to the XT 250, tend to fail when there is a proposal to make an electric version instead. Well, maybe the absence of ABS brakes and airbags which weren't mandatory for cars in Brazil back in the day but were fitted to the Smart Fortwo, also rendered it a less competitive contender.
But anyway, unlike a conventional 4-wheeled car which ends up being used to perform duties it was originally not meant to, a tricycle is still often seen as too "specialized" for the average Joe to even take a look at it, plus nowadays the SUV craze rendered any plan for an affordable-to-operate vehicle less likely to succeed.
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