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danny_galaga:

i say this is extremely sexy  :notworthy:




http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/geneva_auto_show_2007/106/Geneva-Auto-Show-Oddballs-Quirky-Cars-You-Won-t-See-on-U-S-Roads/

ChadTower:

Maybe because you have to be 5' tall to drive it?

boykster:
I dig it, I'd love to own that car.

they're "oddballs" because they know they'll never ever be sold/available in the US due to many reasons. 

DrewKaree:
Ummm.....danny?


--- Quote ---stricter federal safety and emissions laws become a barrier to small firms who can’t afford the hundreds of thousands — and sometimes millions — of dollars required for developing and testing expensive emissions and safety equipment for their vehicles.
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They're not just limiting the term "oddball" to body design, that's why.

If I were being given that car, I'd take it in a heartbeat - it's got to be the emissions requirements that make it an "oddball". 

Funny, that.  It'll be sold in Europe, which rails against us.  Doesn't that make it a car that shouldn't be sold, pot, black, kettle and all? ;)  Or is that an "affirmative-action" car, being targeted towards a minority so as to avoid following the "equal opportunity for all, instead of equal opportunity for SOME" theory? ;D

Jeez danny, way to post this in the wrong forum.

DrewKaree:



Can I trade the wife and kids in for this?! :drool:

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