Elio Motors, The Next Big Thing?!!...

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by Vman455

More Elio bull: That photograph is not of Elio workers, in an Elio plant, and those are not Elio blocks. That's a generic "factory workers" image. Here it is in a Bloomberg article from 2013, where the photographer is credited as David Maxwell for Bloomberg.

Edit: found the original. Those are Ford assembly line workers in Ohio building 2.0 Ecoboost blocks.

A 2.0 ecoboost would be pretty awesome in an Elio. They make a Fiesta pretty awesome. Agreed very misleading, like how Matt Damon faked being stuck on Mars. If only Elio would "science the sh**" out of their car and bring it home in less then 685 sols.

[Vman455]

What they should have done is take an existing engine, like the 1.0L Ecoboost, and used that instead of all this "we're going to develop a new, proprietary engine at great expense so we can trumpet it all over our advertising!" Especially when they have only raised $65 million in their now-years-long campaign, and can't start production without an additional $200 million.

[Hersbird]

Originally Posted by Vman455

What they should have done is take an existing engine, like the 1.0L Ecoboost, and used that instead of all this "we're going to develop a new, proprietary engine at great expense so we can trumpet it all over our advertising!" Especially when they have only raised $65 million in their now-years-long campaign, and can't start production without an additional $200 million.

Even better a simple, cheap existing engine. I bet you can't get a turn key intake to oil pan, all accessories, 1.0 ecoboost with transmission for $7000 new. I think their best bet would have been in the parallel twin motorcycle world.

[Daox]

Looks like Elio will be at the LA auto show with the new engine:

Blog Post | The 84-mpg, $6,800 Elio Coming to the LA Auto Show--With an Engine! | Car Talk

This has to be an old pic. That engine looks a TON like the Metro G10.

[sendler]

Notice it says "an engine!" Not "the engine".

[Daox]

Well, the article says:

So the motor, produced for Elio Motors by Detroit-based engineering company IAV, is finally done and in a prototype car that will have its sheet pulled off on the floor of the Los Angeles Auto Show this week (Thursday morning, specifically).

[NeilBlanchard]

Is there someone in the LA area that can make it to this? I hope so! Take lots of pictures and/or videos, please.

[Xist]

So... now?

Tune in to Gallery | Elio Motors 10am PST this Thursday to watch!

[Hersbird]

[Frank Lee]

If I had a few Million dollars to play with I could whip up CAD data of it all, get a rapid-prototype engine out there, and hire a fabrication shop to make a prototype... and periodically rework this or that on it. All by myself.