OK we most of us purchase lottery tickets, the lottery is a scam run by the government plain and simple but we continue to purchase tickets just for the opportunity to dream about winning, that's what you do you purchase a ticket for a buck or two and then dream about what you would do with the money, actually it's kind of nice to live in la la land for a little while but the facts are YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN. Now let’s look at the ticket you purchased with ELIO, you have already won, this is already creating jobs in the USA, keeping US money in the US and stopping imports is a big big win. Most likely there will be an ELIO in your garage long before you win the lottery and at a lot less cost.
The ELIO could fail but the fact that this will be one of the greatest things on the market in my life I don't see how it could fail. The things that could stop it are the government because they can't tax it enough or the competition could sabotage it.
The government could regulate it to death because they will be getting less tax from the ELIO compared to other cars (less gas used equals less gas tax collected and less of your money for them to waste) in reality every government employee that has an tax payer provided car should be driving an ELIO, this is your tax payer dollars that are providing these vehicles and there is no reason for them to be driving a $30,000 car when a $7,000 ELIO will do the job. The government should be 100% behind the ELIO, this car could easily turn the US economy around, just think about what a vehicle could do with the US economy, when you can drive for less cash you have more cash and you can drive more, the fact is that when you are in your car driving there is a real good chance that you are going somewhere to speed money, remember the economy is based on the "money go round", when you stop spending the “money go round” stops, when you drive an ELIO you have more money to put into the “money go round”.
I can see the competition sabotaging it because it will pretty much wipe out the sales of any other small car, the other auto makers do not want to see anything like this on the market, they won't produce anything like the ELIO because their marketing tells them that they can get at least 20 grand out of you, if they can get 20 grand out of you they are not going to produce or sell you a car for 7 grand.
I say screw the other auto makers and buy an AMERICAN made ELIO.
I am also somewhat discouraged by the delays but I am still planning on having an ELIO in my garage and I am not giving up.
Remember to Look for and ASK for American Made Products, if it’s not MADE in America don’t buy it. The job you save may be your own.