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Goes Like Stink
07/22/09

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By Slightly suspicious you mean every previous article about this car contained the phrase "Vapor Ware"
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Sloop_John_B
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
You know, I'll say it. I like it. If this is a glimpse into the future of electric cars, then i can buy into it. Realiability, price and range need improvements, but that's a good looking car. Because it's underpinnings are Lotus, you know it will handle as well. Tesla has been a miserable failure in the selling cars department, but I think they broke the ice properly.
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brickyard
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
For those of your who really hate electric cars hope that Chrysler actually makes it into production with one. If anyone can make something not work, it's Chrysler.
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FTGDWolverineEdition'09
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
When did C&D become a credible source again for Jalopnik?
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Turboner
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
I remember the good old days, when automakers could put different grilles on different cars. Why does every thing have to have a crosshair or a fishmouth?
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pejer
07/22/09

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Shadowguitar
07/22/09

@pejer: Is there something I'm missing here? That just looks like gibberish to me...
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SpudMills
07/22/09

@Shadowguitar: It's a fish. View it with a monospaced font, as you would do with any other ASCII art.
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I was drivin' that Model A
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
What's that I smell?

Oh, yeah, the two thousand-teens K-car.

How long before there is an imposter called Imperial on this chassis, which is also shared by a minivan?

(please, do not let his happen, again...once was traumatic enough, and made me actually want one of the last, square-trunk, Imperials)

AAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!! I can't unsee it!

The mind's eye can be a cruel beast.
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YankBoffin
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
See, mister government man? We's all about the future 'n' shit! Jus' look at this E-lec-tric car we built and are "definitely" planning on producin'! Totally legit! Can we have some more gov't green, now?
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ThreeLitre
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
Can I please have an electric car made by a company that just went bankrupt and was then thusly bought by an Italian car maker whose name is affectionately thought to stand for "fix it again, Tony,", and who was completely incapable of making the chassis themselves and so they got one from a third company?

Oh, and can I please have it in bright orange?

I Can?! Wonders will never cease!
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FormerlyPreferredCustomer
07/22/09

@ThreeLitre: As flaky as all that is, I'd still feel better about buying a Circuit than a Tesla.
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ThreeLitre
07/22/09

@FormerlyPreferredCustomer: Oh God trying to decide between the two is giving me flashbacks to early November 2004 and trying to choose between W. and Kerry. I thought that was the ultimate decision between the lesser of two evils but somehow we've found the 10th circle of Hell: A battery powered shriek fest colored in bright orange and ego.
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Jo Schmo
07/22/09

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This will never be profitable. Electric toasters, that's where the money is at.
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Mobius
07/22/09

@Pete Gaines wuz here: But the way the world is going, we are all going to be driving electric sports cars and using V8-powered toasters.
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bradleysoken
07/22/09

@Mobius_1000_Club: don't let clarkson hear you
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bradleysoken
07/22/09

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Mobius
07/22/09

@bradleysoken: That is awesome. Awesome. Awesome. I want that. Now.
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Flathead Smith
07/22/09

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If it doesn't have an internal combustion engine, it is dead to me.
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layabout
07/22/09

@Flathead Smith: Ignore that,just imagine it with a nice V8........all better.
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ThreeLitre
07/22/09

@Flathead Smith: you get a heart click for that.
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Turboner
07/22/09

@Flathead Smith: FKNA
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layabout
07/22/09

In reply to Dodge Circuit EV Not Yet Dead?
I'm prepared for the flak i'm about to take for this...........but i like it in that orange.....

.........i'll get my coat
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Jo Schmo
07/22/09

@layabout returns: I like that color too!
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ThreeLitre
07/22/09

@Pete Gaines wuz here: it looks good in pictures, I'll give you that. But I couldn't bring myself to actually drive something that color.
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Tyson
07/22/09

@ThreeLitre: Thats okay, its an electric vehicle with legendary Dodge reliability and amazing all-electric range. You'll never have to drive it anywhere, even if you own one.
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I was drivin' that Model A
07/22/09

@Pete Gaines wuz here:
@layabout returns:

Are either of you University of Texas grads?

This color is inescapable in Austin.
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harumph
07/22/09

@layabout returns: I like the color too. No need to be ashamed.
I saw one of these at the NY auto show and it really looked pretty good. Hope it actually happens.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
06/22/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Lotus On A Budget Edition: Elite or Europa?
Lotus Europa.

If I had it my way... with a 13B Turbo II rotary engine powering it.

It would be dangerous, utterly torque-free and ridiculously ugly and fun.

The Europa is an ugly thing, but it's ugly in an endearing way, which is what will prompt you to waste money on it time and again. It's endearing in the same way as a Volvo 240, but unlike the 240 which will be as loyal to you as a golden retriever (and play every part the family pet), the Europa will be that puppy that incessantly shits on the fucking carpet, no matter how many times you teach him otherwise. But you love the little bastard anyways.
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Novaload
06/21/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Lotus On A Budget Edition: Elite or Europa?
The Elite might run--its ass looks like a Gremlin and a Pinto had a love child. $500--take it to Lemons and Murilee might not just go out with you, but might actually agree to go steady with you. Date bait.

But the Europa is the real monster here. It doesn't run but "have all the body parts"--explain again how that makes it run? Or is that supposed to distract me from the rest of the horror? I see those body parts, mister, they're pinned and tacked and glued onto it.

The Renault engine probably blew many ks of miles ago. Who knows what's in there. And does it really matter? Because the effer ain't running.
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RalphieDC
06/21/09

In reply to Project Car Hell, Lotus On A Budget Edition: Elite or Europa?
I love Lotus.

That being said, who the hell did they hire to design the ass end of their cars in the late 60's and early 70's?
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MushyHeirloom
06/22/09

@RalphieDC: Presumably Harold.

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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
06/21/09

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Since I don't have (or want to have) any experience with British cars, and would just be replacing everything under the skin with a mix of Plymouth Valiant / Volvo 240 parts anyways, it comes down to styling- and the Europa is just too goofy even for me. But just look at the beautifully wonky lines of that Elite! Maybe even better than our version..

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Novaload
06/21/09

@Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable: I knew 3 people who had Elites in 3 different states, and all 3 came to very bad, early demises. About seven miles per gallon and standard (recalled) Firestone 500s, if I recall.

that's one vehicle you almost never see.
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MushyHeirloom
06/22/09

@Novaload Misses Murilee: I think everything remotely related has died, excluding some Lincolns. There's at least three Malaise Thunderbirds around town, and they're all '77-'79; the earlier ones were too fat and the later ones too shit.
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