F1 Designer Debuts Ultra-Efficient One-Seater

[vir_cotto]

[citation][nom]jtt283[/nom]How crash-worthy is it? Is it prone to tipping? Can it handle wind? It probably makes more sense than a motorcycle, but only if it is reasonably safe.[/citation]
Bah, Motorcycles look, way better than this thing, more agile and much more pleasurable

 

[feeddagoat]

Might look into this, cheapest cars here start at £6k+ so if its around that it would be fantastic. Either that or Im doing my bike licence and getting a bike. Someone needs to invent the mini of this generation (new mini destroyed what the mini truely stood for) A cheap, low cost affordable car that wasn't as dangerous as a reliant robin lol

 

[dragonfang18]

if only it had the HP of an F1...

 

[christop]

Wait until a huge SUV runs into this..

 

[SinclairSpeccy]

[citation][nom]flaminggerbil[/nom]I find that someonewhat ironic coming from an American.[/citation]


Being an American he won't understand the concept of irony!

 

[lunyone]

There's no way that thing is 8ft long!

That's what SHE said!! Lol!

 

[zodiacfml]

Toyota IQ makes more sense than this.

 

[kingnoobe]

Sinclair I think all three of you are idiots *yes I'm an american*. Because the bottom line wither it's put together aka built in America or Britian the parts still come from Taiwan.

 

[falchard]

But I have 3 very good reasons behind my reasoning. TVR, Lotus, and Jaguar. Even Noble and Austin Martin are considered poor builds by super car standards.

Vicely if you are looking at good build quality you are looking at German, and non-union US/Canada that compose most of the assembly for cars in the world. Its very important to note non-union. Union labor just plain sucks.

 

[maxiim]

Smart.....if somehow I knew of a clever little phrase to say how such a small "car" can be such a big POS. I'd drive a domestic rather then this.

 

[redrabbit803]

Lawn mower attachments sold separately 😉

 

[lotri]

[citation][nom]Anomalyx[/nom]I'm more concerned about what happens when a Hummer crashes into a concrete barrier, with a smartcar or this between the two. Or the kind of whiplash you'll get in a head-on collision with a normal-sized car when you go from 40mph to -39mph (of course it's not that extreme, but you get my point)[/citation]

There's also the fact that you decelerate from 70-0 in a fraction of a second. That alone can kill somebody. That's one reason small cars aren't quite as safe as large cars. Larger crumple zone = less force transfer to the passengers of the vehicle.

 

[thud2]

I agree that these may not be safe alongside Tractor Trailers and SUV's but I for one would love to see an urban area populated by only these types of vehicles. Imagine New York City with only these on the streets.

 

[Milleman]

How about heavy wind gusts...? Will it stay on road?