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Jim H

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As they say "a spoon full of sugar makes the vinegar go down" and the same hold true for some of the negative comments. Just go take a good shot of Jack Daniels and consider the negative comments are from some insignificant columnist or forum troll.
 
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Jim H said:
As they say "a spoon full of sugar makes the vinegar go down" and the same hold true for some of the negative comments. Just go take a good shot of Jack Daniels and consider the negative comments are from some insignificant columnist or forum troll.
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Hmmm, forget the Jack Daniels. Now if you have some Divine 70% Dark Chocolate, or Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk, I'll take it. LOL :-) Z
 
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For those of you who speak foreign languages...

http://www.telegraaf.nl/autovisie/a...r_Elio_Motors_start_in_september_2015___.html
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Roughly translated into english by a friend below (he's great with Dutch, not so much the English)
"Production autocycle Elio Motors launched in September 2015"
by Bart Oostvogels | Autovisie
The cheap autocycle from Elio Motors has not yet reached the production stage. The company experienced some difficulties in the acquisition of the former GM plant in Shreveport. Elio Motors can not be placed in March 2015 start production, but only in September, so late founder Paul Elio know.

2008
The story of Elio Motors begins in 2008 when it was founded by Paul Elio. The desire of Paul was to make transportation affordable for everyone. Since its inception, the company has built prototypes and tests were performed. In 2013 Elio Motors announced that the company would go to a Shreveport factory for the production of Elio, but there was still an unknown buyer for the plant. The unnamed buyer eventually left the factory. Fun for Elio Motors which thus still got the factory on one hand, but on the other hand, it is not, for the launch has already suffered many delays.

Employees
Elio Motors has recently announced that it does not need all the equipment in the factory. The car brand hopes to raise 40 million dollars to be invested into hiring employees. Potentially Up to $70 million on the sale excess machines. When the company will start hiring is not yet known.

$ 125 million
Point is that Elio Motors already has over 18,000 reservations for the autocycle, accounting for about $ 125 million. The model seems particularly sought after thanks to the low purchase price of only $ 6,800 and the low fuel consumption of 84 miles per gallon (2.8 liters per 100 kilometers). The vehicle uses a 0.9 liter, 55 hp three cylinder engine which is placed in front between the front wheels. The engine is mated to a five-speed manual or automatic and will deliver a top speed of 160 km / h.The 0-to-100(km)-sprint takes 9.6 seconds.

Composite
The autocycle rolls off the production line without options then desired options are retrofitted. The available colors are Silver Rocket , Sour Apple ,Creamsicle , Red Hot , True Blue , Licorice and Marshmallow . In the area of safety Elio has three airbags, a reinforced roll cage and ABS.The body of the model is made of SMC, also known as sheet molded composite . The autocycle will be sold in all of America, using more than 60 so-called Elio Retail Centers. Whether there are plans for a market launch outside the U.S. is not yet known.
 
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