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[Truett Collins]

OK, I guess I was wrong....

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[Truett Collins]

Oh woe is me, here we go again....from Ken

I don't want to misquote Jerome again, but it was .y UNDERSTANDING from what he said that the engineers have been tasked with increasing the headroom by a couple inches and that they will much more likely accomplish it by lowering the seat rather than messing with the roofline. I asked him if the intent to raise the roofline had just been "misreported" all along, and he said yes.

I guess we still don't have a direct answer to this question.......

 

[Bert]

Well, think of it this way, even the nay sayers are paying attention! LOL

 

[RUCRAYZE]

Credit Eric Rackley:
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This is a Re- Post off of one of the Elio boards from someone who went to see the Elio in person. They gathered some amazing information and I had to share it, hope that is OK with the original author ......................... I arrived well ahead of most of the crowd and waited for Elio to setup. The result of which was that I was probably the 5th or so to plant my carcass in the P4. Seats are comfortable front and back, and the fabric seats in this Elio were far better than I expected and are quite substantial. Getting in and out was not difficult and the seats adjusted easily and smoothly. This was all well and good as I was then able to spend the next couple of hours talking with and listening to Jerome Vassallo, who is vice president sales/marketing. Very early in this diatribe came the words that Elio was working hard to put together a list of options and prices, and it couldn't be too soon for him. Things I learned:
1. Tires on the P4 are 14's production will be 15's widths to be determined; rear wider than front.
2 Fenders: only they call them shrouds. Those seen on the P4 will be those standard for production. There will be several options for fenders but only 2 were mentioned. a. the hot rod fender with mags, and for those of you that have seen the retro Elio parked in front of the diner b. the Indian fender. Other fender notes: The black fender skirts are fairly thick at nearly an eighth inch and are not very flexible at all They will take standard paint and primer. The same material is used on the rear of the vehicle. Fender liners for the Elio are of the same material GMC uses in their SUV's
3. The instrument cluster that will be used in production is Paul's Elgin design. It is however digital with perhaps 1-1.25" high numbers for speedometer and tach. It is unknown at this time if there would be any other instrument options. I did remind him that Continental, the company providing the optional smartphone interface makes 5 levels of digital instrument clusters.
4. The P5: Will have the basic contours of the P4 with the exception of a raise of about 2" in the rear portion of the roof. Now before anyone gets their dander up, let it be known that the P4 is nearly 4" lower at this location than the P3 was. The other changes will be a reworked front end with the grill area being redesigned and made smaller.
5. Options of leather interior seating colors will only be limited by what Lear produces. If Lear makes it you can get it. Colors mentioned were Black, White, Brown, Gray, Tan. and probably several others.
6. Could the Elio be purchased with only primer? Yes, Credit: none
7. As it now stands, he pick it up in Shreveport option is a 3 day 2 nite stay affair and will be hosted and paid by Elio in conjunction with one of the Casino's upon presentation of your one way ticket stub. Day1 arrive in Shreveport, check in, Day 2, tour plant Day 3 pick up your Elio and head home.
8. Surprise... Just over 1/3 of all reservation holders are all in for $1000. The production numbers are now into the 5100's with 15,123 reservations.
9. Reservation upgrades, "cutoff" at this point don't worry about it. 30 days or so before that happens those all in for 500, 250, 100 will be notified and allowed to upgrade in that 30 day window. Those with refundable deposits will also be notified and allowed to go all in and upgrade if they wish.
10. Reservations will be cutoff at 40,000. Production at startup is expected to be 250/day.
If we need more we'll add another shift and or lines. Canada is the next market, that is the easy one with South America, Asia and Africa clambering to get in line.
11 Delivery is to be $750 to all locations. Paul would like to waive that for factory pickup. Others wish to apply it to all vehicles. Have to wait and see.

Maybe I missed it something, but this post seems outdated..."15,123" reservations" ???

 

[Jambe]

Maybe I missed it something, but this post seems outdated..."15,123" reservations" ???

Reservations, not orders. The last SIL (Spot In Line) ended at about 10,424.

"...it showed 36,136 orders.

 

[Jambe]

OK, I guess I was wrong....

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Vindication!

However, I just read this on another thread here as reported from Birmingham...

"6. The roof above the passengers seat will be raised and the seat itself will be lowered some, so the curves of the production model will be very similar to the P4.

 

[Truett Collins]

Vindication!

However, I just read this on another thread here as reported from Birmingham...

"6. The roof above the passengers seat will be raised and the seat itself will be lowered some, so the curves of the production model will be very similar to the P4.

As I said in #52....
I guess we still don't have a direct answer to this question.......

 

[Truett Collins]

Well now we have it.....Straight from Elio

 

[Jay3wheel]

Well now we have it.....Straight from Elio

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But, what if this just one of Elio's many many lies?

 

[MyElio1678]

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Does this help?

HEY THAT'S MY PICTURE! I LOVE THIS VIEW!