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You can register using your Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, just click here.How much mileage does an Elio get?the reason the smart does not get very good gas mileage is same reason the Elio will get good gas mileage, Aerodynamics.
It doesn't use any gas at all!How much mileage does an Elio get?
Another one that looks fun is the Lotus Super 7 or Caterham type cars. I may yet end up with one of them.
“Americans have no appetite for small cars.”
Can’t hardly argue with that statement.
That’s why I’m glad the Elio isn’t a small car.
There’s enough major differences to set the Elio apart.... IMO.
I’ve experienced zero Smart Car advertising in the USA. Market the Smart as a commuter supplement to the family car......an & Car. Perhaps it would make little difference. Elio, Arcimoto, and the SOLO are small autocycles and I feel they all need a marketing campaign once across the production starting line to create a market and insure any degree of success.View attachment 23346
Check out this dismal chart of yearly Smart Car sales volume.
Mercedes discontinued selling gas powered Smart Cars in the U.S. in 2017...they now only sell the electric version. The electric versions are more than $25,000.
Current demand for the Smart Car is just a trickle at best.
Smart Car sales were strong in 2008 and 2009 because they were filling the original 40,000 advance reservations orders. Once the advance reservation orders were filled, Smart Car sales tapered off dramatically.
I expect Mercedes to quit importing Smart Cars into the U.S. soon.
Americans have no appetite for small cars.