RE: Lotus 3 wheeler

[lazy]

Anybody know any more about this plastic pig ?



ALIAS

Edited by lazy on Saturday 9th February 12:58

[Ferg]

Interesting. Got to be a good way to keep the weight down.

Makes mental note to put 'MSN Cars' in the "Rubbish Car Journalists Who Can't Even Get The Model Of The Trotters Pig Right" bracket...

[EDLT]

Is it FWD? I ask because it takes 5.7 seconds for a 700kg car with 320hp AND 557 lb/ft to get to 60!

The 100mile range is a bit poor too, especially if its being sold in America, where 100 miles isnt very far.

[SS HSV]

I really like it but I wish they would drop all this eco bullshit..

MSN Cars said:

Like all the models in its range, the two-seater Alias is electric, so you will be able to zoom around without causing any damage to the environment

Yeah no damage to the environment as long as the electricity doesn't come from oil/gas/nuclear powerstations.. that rules out about 95% of electricity production then

Nice idea though. If the price was right I would consider one for a weekend toy.

[Strawman]

EDLT said:

Is it FWD? I ask because it takes 5.7 seconds for a 700kg car with 320hp AND 557 lb/ft to get to 60!

The 100mile range is a bit poor too, especially if its being sold in America, where 100 miles isnt very far.

It says an electric motor on each front wheel, so yes, IMHO doesn't look bad compared to a G-Whizz and £15,000 (US price) seems reasonable too, if the handling is as good as the morgan 3 wheeler then I could live with one, but statements like

MSN journalists said:

Like all the models in its range, the two-seater Alias is electric, so you will be able to zoom around without causing any damage to the environment

makes me instantly hate it and want the whole enterprise to fail, does electricity come out of re-cycled bunny rabbits, and the whole environmental massive bore is just a