And Now... The P5!

[Bilbo B]

The Elio has never had a right side door, only left. What article has mentioned a right side door?

Gear shift (And, I'd assume, hand brake) are on the right side. Kind of difficult to climb over them on your way out if there was a right side door.

 

[Kuda]

"said he can't guarantee the outcome." Can you guarantee the outcome of any given action?
"Until it's done, it's not done." self evident. If someone thinks it's done before it is done they are not too bright.
"It may or may not happen," self evident. There are no guarantees in life.

You might add, "There is no such thing as free lunch!"

spurious: not being what it purports to be; false or fake.

Disclaimers All.....

 

[CheeseheadEarl]

Gear shift (And, I'd assume, hand brake) are on the right side. Kind of difficult to climb over them on your way out if there was a right side door.

If they really wanted a right side door option, both shift and park brake are cable controlled and could be door mounted.

I don't see a need, but it is doable.

Fanciful thinking - what about a suicide passenger door on the right, driver door still on the left?

 

[Cache Man]

If they really wanted a right side door option, both shift and park brake are cable controlled and could be door mounted.

I don't see a need, but it is doable.

Fanciful thinking - what about a suicide passenger door on the right, driver door still on the left?

The door is still on the left. Maybe they will put in a floor/foot emergency brake. This way there will be a full arm rest on the right like the driver's door.

 

[Coss]

The door is still on the left. Maybe they will put in a floor/foot emergency brake. This way there will be a full arm rest on the right like the driver's door.

I wrote to them back in April 2015 and asked about the armrests, because of my disability I have to be able to "brace" myself in turns and I was told:
"Hello!
Thanks for your email and support.
Yes, the Elio will have arm rests on both sides! "

So it has been planned for a while to have armrests on both sides.

 

['lio]

Elio P5 and P4 roofline comparison.

As for the exhaust being near the fuel intake: ever re-fueled a motorcycle? Really hot engine parts right under the tank. Not a problem, I never blew myself up.
It is doubtful that the exhaust port of the Elio even gets all that hot. Can you even remember the last time when you spilled fuel? I can’t, because modern pumps at the gas station always shut off before fuel could spill.

 

[Coss]

It is doubtful that the exhaust port of the Elio even gets all that hot. Can you even remember the last time when you spilled fuel? I can’t, because modern pumps at the gas station always shut off before fuel could spill.

I can agree with the exhaust being cooler when off; maybe. Depends on how hot the engine exhaust temp is.
Spill gas, yeah, a bunch of times but it has since been fixed from a Chrysler repair notice (aka minor recall) so it does happen.
Depends on the filler neck venting.

I just noticed something else, did you reverse the picture of the P5? Because in the picture you used for the P5 there is a fuel filler door and no entry door.

 

[JEBar]

It is doubtful that the exhaust port of the Elio even gets all that hot. Can you even remember the last time when you spilled fuel? I can’t, because modern pumps at the gas station always shut off before fuel could spill.

my first reaction to seeing the exhaust port below the fuel fill was one of concern .... given input from others on this I no longer have the same degree of concern .... could there ever be a problem, I think the answer is yes .... is a problem very likely, I no longer believe that it is .... the analogy of fueling a motorcycle makes sense to me

 

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

http://masterherald.com/elio-motors-looking-to-go-into-production-with-p5-in-2016/19047/
This part was interesting:

Hey Grumpy, I think we should wipe the Master Herald off of sites we look to for Elio news. Every article they've published has been a rehash of other articles, usually with added factual errors. This time they got the availability of manual and automatic transmissions wrong. I'm convinced they are just a Middle-Eastern clickbait site.<--link

Fuel spilling out around corners? I've never seen fuel spill out of any car in my 30 years of driving...

You're just not driving hard enough. I've spewed gas out of my RX-7 and seen many cars spewing gas out at the race track. I have a great professional picture of gas flying out of my gas door that I can't seem to find right now.

my first reaction to seeing the exhaust port below the fuel fill was one of concern .... given input from others on this I no longer have the same degree of concern ....

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&q=porsche+918+burns
"Witnesses say the fire began after the gas overflowed and then ignited from the vehicle's exhaust heat."

 

[Gas-Powered Awesome]

Don't know how many of you saw the movie, but looking at the overall sleek design, I have this idea that the manual cover should be be titled "How to Train your Dragon".

That's it! That's the name for the car!
The Elio Dragon

That's the perfect name. The car looks like a dragon. I want to drive a car called a "dragon". Dragons are cool. Hasn't been used by any other company. Perfect. You win all teh Internets, Mr. WilliamH!