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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: danny_galaga on March 16, 2007, 08:00:56 am
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i say this is extremely sexy :notworthy:
(http://l.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/i/articles/oddballs/artega_x.jpg)
http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/geneva_auto_show_2007/106/Geneva-Auto-Show-Oddballs-Quirky-Cars-You-Won-t-See-on-U-S-Roads/
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Maybe because you have to be 5' tall to drive it?
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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.
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Ummm.....danny?
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.
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.
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(http://l.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/i/articles/oddballs/apollo_sport2_x.jpg)
Can I trade the wife and kids in for this?! :drool:
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Ummm.....danny?
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.
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.
well, its powered by a V6 thats already in production, so emmissions wouldnt be a problem. i think THIS is more your kinda 'car', drew (",)
(http://l.yimg.com/img.autos.yahoo.com/i/articles/oddballs/monotracer2_x.jpg)
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Maybe because you have to be 5' tall to drive it?
well, short people need more choices. they dont ALL want to drive lambos you know...
(http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/roadtests/firstdrive/2006/lamborghini.murcielago.lp640/06.lamborghini.lp460.340.jpg)
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It is a nice looking car... I think what really makes it an oddball is that its the first car from a startup. Every year there are a couple of these startups at the big car shows. Probably 1 out of 10 of them actually ends up having a car for sale, and then its often in very small numbers.
Most don't ever make it to the US because they have to sacrifice a certain number of them for crash tests to be imported. I forget the number, but its large enough that a company offering very expensive cars at low volume just can't afford to do it.
Koenigsegg is an example of a manufacturer like this. Their cars are absolutely incredible, beautiful and fast, but barely anyone in the US knows about them.
(http://media.marketwire.com/attachments/200608/TN-277536_2006-Koenigsegg-CCX-Black-SA-1280x960.jpg)