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To: Hodar

All I can do (with 35 yrs experience engineering vehicles) is to compare it to motorcycles with similar content. Made around the world by very efficient manufacturers who have been in the business for many decades.

Then add on the estimated cost of things like a full composite body.

As another reference, a robust 25hp gasoline engine lawn tractor like a John Deere or Dixie Chopper is in the $6000 range with far less content than this 70hp NHTSA/EPA certified road vehicle.


13 posted on 02/26/2013 5:27:03 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: nascarnation
Found this engine information ... hopefully it makes more sense to you than it does me. I'm an Electrical Engineer - while I "diddle" with cars; I am far from a car expert.

An inline, 3 cylinder, 1 liter, 70 HP, fuel-injected, DOHC gas-powered, liquid-cooled, automotive engine.

21 posted on 02/26/2013 5:56:57 PM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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