Creator of McLaren F1 and really expensive SL-class shows off his next super-car.

[homeforsummer]

I'd challenge someone to cross the U.S. in a smart fortwo. I doubt it's too terribly comfortable on long trips. Granted, it's still a great little city car, but I'm out here in Suburbia...actually a little burg in the middle of a cornfield...and it's not exactly ideal to walk or bicycle everywhere.

I'll do it if someone lends me the car I felt I was rattling about in the 'Bushi Outlander I did it in last time

 

[Tornado]

I would argue that the Tesla Roadster is more revolutionary because it pioneers into the potentials and capability of alternative fuels

Actually, it really shows how limited the viability of pure electric vehicles are. The two main problems with it are batteries and distribution, and neither of which will be particularly easy to overcome (and perhaps never will be, if the Tesla is any indication). For all fuel costs in Europe, it really can't be beat in terms of energy storage and ease of use.

 

[EA11R]

I read that the Mclaren F1 Designer was going to be designing a small car to protest the growing size of cars, but I thought it was supposed to be a supercar. I know it's unfair, but I can't help but to be disappointed in this car. I was hoping for a Mini-sized supercar, but instead I'm just getting a supermini-sized car.

Float my boat, it does not.

Besides, it seems to be the newest trend to say that your car is just as revolutionary as the Model T, and saying that is becoming the mark of an overambitious project, thickly clouded with new-age hype. People are getting complacent, and I can't help but disrespect them for it.

 

[niky]

Ssangyong builds the entire vehicle sans drivetrain. Phoenix electrifies 'em...or so it's supposed to be.

I wonder if Ssangyong is having trouble getting up to crash standard.

Which is why I said "If it becomes a reality".

Nanosafe promises that its new Lithium Ion cells will charge much faster than current ones. They seem to have some financial backing, and have done pilot tests... but it remains to be seen whether the cells are "all that".

Electric Sports Cars, again, don't prove anything new. It proves that you can use batteries to run a powerful motor (old news) and that a light car can be awfully fast (old news). Put together an ultra-light car and an electric system, and you have a moderately-light car with good performance.

To push the envelope, you have to show something new, or something that's been discussed, but not put into production effectively, like shaping the batteries into body panels to save weight.

 

[YSSMAN]

...Walks in, sees a fight, makes a comment...

I "get it" in the end. Cheap, reliable transportation that can be easily modified for everyone to enjoy. I see no reason why it can't be a success. I assume the fuel economy (just over 60 MPG for us Yanks) is highway, which is pretty damn good. I'd personally worry about interior space, but that's just what I tend to care about. Build me one with an electronic front wheel drive system like Nissan has on the Micra (to make 4WD) and I'd be sold instantly.