Definite CP, but I do agree with ya graverobber in that the Cutlass is a good looking car. Just too bad that the platform is a typical craptacular GM FWD design dating to the 80's. The only thing those are good for now is as cheap and easy to fix 1st cars for teenagers (assuming you live south of the rustbelt and they…

If you are going to spend that much time and on a car you should really start with a better base. CP.

very hard to establish a price on something so odd in the states, but a quick search turns up a surprisingly similar one on BAT in 2014 for $11,995 which leads me to CP as I don’t see the price soaring $8k in 2 years time... cool but not $20k cool. BTW that BAT link takes me to an importavehicle site for a place in…

Have to love the guys comment, “...own its own, on paper it’ll do...”

Why did they cut the video just as it was getting interesting?

FFW to the very end if you want to see the fender come off.

Hmmmm... My impression after watching video: Flimsy rattly deathtrap.

And in one fell swoop, the fender coming loose described the entirety of Elio Motors.

84 mpg

Maybe it’s just me, but if I were someone high up at Elio, and my prototype was being livestreamed as a demo to the world, I’d want to make sure all of the weird little things about it (the rear seat back, the non-existent windows, non-functional gauges, no mirror controls, whatever that godawful racket was in 1st and…

One good chunk of NY Slush would do this in.

That’s the first time anyone has said “high speed” in reference to an Elio. Congrats.

I’m more concerned with the safety of this thing regardless if it falls apart or not. if anything bigger than a smart car hits you at any decent speed, you’re dead, period.

Bumper sticker now included as standard equipment:

It’s hard to take this video seriously when it is filmed in portrait mode. Road & Track, you’re an actual magazine with (some) subscribers, not a teenager with a youtube channel.

Dang! I first thought of a person’s arm or leg.

True but I was highly amused by the irony that the cab itself is likely very little modified from one currently in production and also that the cab doesn’t cover the chassis and drivetrain for the most part, like a regular automotive development mule would. I’m sure all that wasn’t lost on the M-B engineers either.

Yes, it’s a bit misleading.

Kudos to them. With the talk of major European cities banning/limiting vehicles due to age/emissions (or internal combustion altogether) Mercedes-Benz’ truck division could be setting themselves up for a fine future here.