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    2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric

    Ariel Atom vs. REVA G-Wiz in London
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    To me, it looks like a Civic laid an egg, which means the designer laid a goose egg.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    Many are the times I've said to myself, "Self, the Smartcar would look so much better with a Lancer grille and Avalanche style body cladding." I guess I was wrong.
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    Image of brickyard brickyard
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    It looks like my computer mouse. That's electric too plus it has a LASER in it.
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    discontinuuity is happy that everything has been set right in the Jalopverse. Now all we need is more of engineerd's Brefas Scotch! promoted this comment brickyard was starred brickyard was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    The rakish front reminds me of the Euro Civic Type-R. I really do need to get my eyes checked today.
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    Image of LoganSix LoganSix
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    If it is all electric, then why does it need a grill the size of a whale shark? Does the bottom half switch out like Swatch Watch accessories? If so, can I switch it out for a higher performance version, when I really only need to go 40 miles really quickly?
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    Can someone enlighten me on the following question: What is the design term for the badonkadonk ass this and all the following cars possess?

    - Lincoln MkC
    - Nissan Cube
    - Smart four2
    - Toyota Yaris
    - Others I am surely forgetting...

    They're not bustle-backs, hatch-backs, or notch-backs. Lacking an official term, the best I can come up with is abomina-back. It's a cop-out design tactic that further compromises the potential usefulness and functionality of an already small and limited vehicular footprint.

    For crissakes, instead of designing a fake bumper and wannabe coupe roofline, leaving all that ugly wasted space behind the B/C pillar, here's a novel idea: extend the roof all the way back, make the rear more-or-less flush all the way down, and create an honest-to-goodness, useful, hatch-back like car!

    I'm so sick of it. Instead of a modern CRX or electric Golf, designers keep foisting these fatass poseur Miata-wannabes upon us. Who ever thought that was a good idea?
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    Image of Bullitt417 Bullitt417
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    How do you work on the Aston Martin Vanquish and then make this turd?
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/10/09

    @Bullitt417: Going green does that your brain.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    Jalopnik, please forward this immediately to Dilip Chabria of DC Design before it's too late.

    Dear Mr. Chabria,

    I hate plastic cladding that looks like, well plastic… but more than that, I hate the designers that make plastic cladding look plastic.

    Regretfully,

    Flathead Smith
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    Image of jaymcminn jaymcminn
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    From an aesthetic standpoint, this is pretty cool. I like the proportions and the Element-like two-tone bodywork really breaks up the height of the vehicle. I don't get the big fake grille, however. And REVive? Unless it calls upon the power of the wizard Shazam to zap your car with lightning, thereby instantaneously charging your batteries, it's a gimmick.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric
    I guess the Audi grill is so popular now that they even need to put them on electric cars for the esthetics. I wonder where else they’ll put them? Here’s a list of other things that need Audi grills: Unicycles, Cellphones, Tea Glasses, Razors, Fountain Pens, horse saddles, and litter boxes for cats.
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    Image of Benito ~ I still drive excitement. Benito ~ I still drive excitement.
    09/10/09

    In reply to 2011 Reva NXG: Like A Smart Car, But Electric

    The lime green/black mini car is soo 2007 auto show circuit. I'm getting sick of electric car announcements- I want to see real world tests. These things will hopefully live up to all of the PR we've been subjected to. Both my parents live within 25 miles of their workplace. To imagine that in 5 years time they could commute solely on electricity is a crazy thought.

    ...Of course my family is a GM family so the only 'lectric automobile my Father would consider is a Volt.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    09/10/09

    @Benito ~ I still drive excitement.: I actually wouldn't mind tooling around in that as a run about. If the final design looks exactly like that. I will have my SC V8 as my car.
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    Image of Benito ~ I still drive excitement. Benito ~ I still drive excitement.
    09/10/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Oh, the Beat, and it's brother, the Trax, were some of the coolest 'Mini-Car' concepts I had ever seen. Much more attractive then the appliance- looking insect of a car up there.
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    Image of Mad_Science Mad_Science
    04/14/09

    In reply to Ariel Atom vs. REVA G-Wiz in London
    That's why you should get your Atom in black.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/14/09

    In reply to Ariel Atom vs. REVA G-Wiz in London
    If I was driving there, in the day, I'd take the...


    G-Wiz. Damn the Congestion Charge.

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    04/14/09

    In reply to Ariel Atom vs. REVA G-Wiz in London
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    04/14/09

    @Mobius_1: Uhh that didn't work too well...


    The link


    [maps.google.co.uk]

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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    04/14/09

    In reply to Ariel Atom vs. REVA G-Wiz in London
    You could do what Ian Wright did: get an Ariel Atom chassis and install an electric drive train in it.

    See his site here: [www.wrightspeed.com]

    and the result here:
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    04/14/09

    @Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009.: All right, let's try that movie link again:


    (I guess I won't be changing my name anytime soon...)

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/14/09

    @Dwegmull, preview free since March 2009.: So you can save the environment without looking like a confused celebrity. Brilliant!
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