Is there anything about Elio that has said it will be a squeaky rattley, barely drivable car (other than that R&T fiasco, and that was a prototype)? So far, EM has made consistent claims that they want this car to be fully competitive on a quality basis with anything out there -- and that's smart, because cheap crap = Yugo, and they would lose their butts if they produced one of those! Yes, they COULD do that, but they're not insane. In fact, they have pretty high standards ... so I think the quality risk is a windmill, not a real dragon.