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jmowreader

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10. It wouldn't be any less legal than a Miata or a Jeep

Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:38 PM

Mar 2019

4x4s like Jeeps and pickups are designed to be thrashed around, and they have airbags. A rear-view camera is no big deal; VW has a whole line of vehicles that have them, so why not this?

As to crash testing...this has no doors. With no doors to deal with, they could build it around a NASCAR-style tube frame and make it REALLY strong. I don't know about y'all, but if I was the person at VW in charge of designing this I would have brought NASCAR chassis builder Ronnie Hopkins in from the start.

Here's my question: Are enough people going to buy a car you can't lock to make this worth producing?

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trashing the environment has gone electric. hmm nt msongs Mar 2019 #1

The very first vehicle Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #2

It's not like an 'old school buggy' House of Roberts Mar 2019 #3

Very cool. But pavement or dirt roads only, please. Auggie Mar 2019 #4

This won't be legal on public roads. JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #6

Wait! discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2019 #7

As of the 2018 model year. JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #8

Nothing against your BIL but it warms my heart to know that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2019 #9

It wouldn't be any less legal than a Miata or a Jeep jmowreader Mar 2019 #10

I like the modular concept. JohnnyRingo Mar 2019 #5

Cool. Wish they'd make a street legal rag top two seater EV. SunSeeker Mar 2019 #11

I like how it looks natheo Apr 2019 #12