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Proof That Three Wheels Will Sell.

Trusting

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This might be a stretch but..... Yesterday I was running around doing some errands and I saw two different Polaris Slingshots, one red and the other black. It seems that lately I can't go anywhere without seeing one. I find it amazing that Polaris is selling so many of these. For 20K plus you get, what's to me, a toy. No roof, windows, a/c, just an oversized go-cart designed by Darth Vader. (I suspect they call it the Slingshot because instead of a drive shaft it uses a rubber band.)

The point is, 3 wheels will sell. Now, it's obvious that a Slingshot and an Elio are two different animals and the only things they have in common that I can see is 2 people and 3 wheels. If people are willing to buy one of these for 20K, then there should be no problem getting people to pay less than half that for an Elio. Is this logic too much of a stretch? I don't think so. With the Elio you get the roof, windows, a/c, etc. etc.... you don't get with the Slingshot. The Elio is a real car, not a toy.

Are any of you seeing Slingshots running around your area?

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RUCRAYZE

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for everyone you see on the road, here there are more sitting in dealers, back to 2015, they can't get them off the lot. High end out the door 30k.

Price fix like the Saturn, which BTW, woman loved as it cut out the sales crap we all experience.
 

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I really don't understand the Slingshot. I've never driven one but I've spent some time crawling over and under one. None of the body panels seem to fit together very well and Polaris is taking full advantage of the motorcycle classification because the thing has zero impact protection.
What is not to understand ? These are just toys for those that want to be different. They belong in Jay Leno's Garage.
 
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