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Corbin Motors Merlin
- Thread starter BigWarpGuy
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How's their funding?
Skills AND good taste. I like it. Wait, one too many wheels! Ok, I can accept that. Not that I'm the only person in town!
Is that a clam-shell hatch or swing up doors?
DAVID BROWER
Elio Addict
Corbin Motors had a three wheel car called the Merlin. It was really neat looking, IMO.
It is a shame nothing came of it.
KEN WEGER HAS A CORBIN MERLIN IN HIS SMALL WONDERS CAR COLLECTION .
IT HAS A V-TWIN ENGINE LIKE THESE :
It is a shame nothing came of it.
KEN WEGER HAS A CORBIN MERLIN IN HIS SMALL WONDERS CAR COLLECTION .
IT HAS A V-TWIN ENGINE LIKE THESE :
BigWarpGuy
Elio Addict
I hope they get but misuse the funding since I think that design is really nice. I would love to see it in production.
EVWorld.
'Maybe both Corbin and Myers were just ahead of their time. At least two Canadian's seem to think they were, because they've bought up some of those old Corbin Sparrows and Myer's NMGs (short of "no more gas") and shipped them to Vancouver, British Columbia, but not to refurbish them. No, Jerry Kroll and Henry Reisner, have a more ambitious plan in mind: a lighter, sexier, yet still affordable reinterpretation of the Corbin Sparrow concept, code-named EMV17 (see the newly released artist's concept sketch below).'
News story link on the Canadian Company that bought rights to manufacturing the New Sparrow EV and the EMV17 Model.
Here's the link to the story and short video: http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/beetle-of-the-21st-century
Here's the link to the story and short video: http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/beetle-of-the-21st-century
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BigWarpGuy
Elio Addict
First round funding, but this looks like a solid credible automotive connected team and the prototype looks solid based on the previous Corbin Sparrow production prototype builds, so that $25 million dollar prototype build funding hurdle isn't an issue.
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I hope they get but misuse the funding since I think that design is really nice. I would love to see it in production.
EVWorld.
'Maybe both Corbin and Myers were just ahead of their time. At least two Canadian's seem to think they were, because they've bought up some of those old Corbin Sparrows and Myer's NMGs (short of "no more gas") and shipped them to Vancouver, British Columbia, but not to refurbish them. No, Jerry Kroll and Henry Reisner, have a more ambitious plan in mind: a lighter, sexier, yet still affordable reinterpretation of the Corbin Sparrow concept, code-named EMV17 (see the newly released artist's concept sketch below).'
I've seen the Canadians in BC do this kind of thing once in a while since at least the 60's. The minimum retail they can muster without Elio level financing will be at lest double the price of an Elio. More likely 3x. But on the upside for the car, Canada will give them product import protection and some kind of business encouragement in the form of loans, grants and or tax insentives. Just a bit more socialand business welfair oriented up there.