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Old 05-10-2009, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by NicFromLA View Post
The fact is what makes today's cars so bad for the planet is their size and weight, the British figured out a solution to this forty years ago: YouTube - Jeremy Clarkson - Smallest Car
That is utterly impractical. It can only hold one person.

Everybody should drive around in Type 14 Lotus Elites. A Cd of .28, 505kgs, and a massive two-person payload capability.
It got a mere 35mpg with its '60s engine technology, but imagine what it could get today.
And best of all; it was built when Lotus was a British company!
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