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I hope it makes it to the showroom!

Can it drive under 18-wheelers? :D

Cool, but my guess is that it will never meet safety regulations. Even if it did, we're talking a vehicle where your head is bumper-level with just about everything on the road... --RN

Just wait until Wayne gets one! I bet it can do better than 100mpg in the right hands!

This reminds me a lot of the scooter-rickshaws they have in India. It's basically a motorbike with an enclosure wide enough for 2 people in the back and the driver in front. I hope bmw's version has better shocks.

http://airpaharganj.com/images/06-7-29-New-Delhi-old-and-n.jpg

I cannot believe you just compared this to a Tuk Tuk! :D

I cannot believe you just compared this to a Tuk Tuk!

I so agree, the Tuk Tuk just outshines every vehicle ever conceived. Add a picture of Vishnu on the back and every “ultimate driving machine” just looks sick next to it. :D :D

This reminds me a lot of the scooter-rickshaws they have in India. It's basically a motorbike with an enclosure wide enough for 2 people in the back and the driver in front. I hope bmw's version has better shocks.

http://airpaharganj.com/images/06-7-29-New-Delhi-old-and-n.jpg

I remember when the mail truck was three-wheeled - the picture above jogged my memory.

Hi All:

___Since it is a motorcycle by design (3-wheeler), it doesn’t have to nearly the safety standards the automobile industry is currently set to so that isn’t a problem. It would even get a huge break on the emissions std’s because bikes are only spec’ed to meet something like 2,000% of the current LEV-2 rating of an automobile in all 50 states. Getting hit from the side because it is so low the ground and not seen might be a real problem however? It would be a lot of fun but there would be issues most may not drop down to. Unless gasoline couldn’t be purchased at any cost that is and there was a radical change in our way of thinking about fossil fuels.

___Sledge, nice find and I cannot wait to see one..

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Oh, man, Tuk-tuks are awesome. I had the pleasure of using a great many in Thailand a few years ago, and they are a blast. Sure, the drivers would nearly always take you to a, um, "dance bar" despite your stated destination, but that was half the fun. But getting from one side of the city to the other for 40 cents was the way to go.

Some friends and I floated the idea of running a tuk-tuk service in the local bar district. Major problem: definite two-season operation here in Ohio. --RN