pj rogers
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I have a favor to ask the person going to the next elio tour stop. Please measure, with a tape if you can, how wide is the entire back seat area...from wall to wall. I own a 2012 mazda 2, love the car, (named zoomy,) and it does handle well and I get over 40mpg on the highway. The 2 is about the same size as the elio, just cut the 2 in half and you can kind of see what i mean. The rear seat is 48" wide. and has 3 seat belts, (???) and is considered a 5 passenger car..
I am hoping and praying to the car gods with the 15 month delay, the engineers try and create a bench seat and that the elio can somehow fit a TWO SMALL PERSONS rear bench seat making the elio a 3 person vehicle. Looking at the roll cage pictures, it just might be able to do it..I would gladly take a 4 star crash rating for the ability to put a person back there and have enough room to put say a back pack or a sports bag with shoes and gloves etc. Even two small children would be a big help..The bench shouldn't weight any more than a bucket seat. This change would make the elio into a world wide million seller from the day it rolled off the assembly line. We now have the time to make one don't we.?
I am hoping and praying to the car gods with the 15 month delay, the engineers try and create a bench seat and that the elio can somehow fit a TWO SMALL PERSONS rear bench seat making the elio a 3 person vehicle. Looking at the roll cage pictures, it just might be able to do it..I would gladly take a 4 star crash rating for the ability to put a person back there and have enough room to put say a back pack or a sports bag with shoes and gloves etc. Even two small children would be a big help..The bench shouldn't weight any more than a bucket seat. This change would make the elio into a world wide million seller from the day it rolled off the assembly line. We now have the time to make one don't we.?