[Zigurd]

Priced too low. You can get nice used cars at the price. Any Toyota or Honda engine should run to 200-250k miles. I doubt this thing will make it to 100k.

If Honda made a semi-enclosed three wheeler for the "damn it I'm riding no matter the weather" audience, they would have a chance. They could also sell it for at least $10k and still sell a lot of them. The Elio is a solution to no particular problem.

[kamaal]

Their site says 5000+ people have already ordered it. So its already solving their problems, no?

Besides used cars are still 'used' cars. And its not just engine running 200-250K miles. By 100K miles the juice from the engine is gone. It can still run an additional 150K miles, may be. But for a very different definition of 'run'.

And you still have to drive some one else's used car, for mileage no where close to Elio. Plus all other wear and tear hassles of an old car.

Here you get a brand new one for a decent price which can run for the next 2 years. And for 6.8K dollars its a super cheap investment to make.