The story about the Metro got me thinking about something. Where are all the kit car manufacturers? There used to be a ton of them selling all kinds of crazy shit mostly based on ancient VW Beetle parts but they seem to have almost all faded away. The only ones really left are classic car and sports car replicas of old Jags and Porsche Speedsters that cost way too much to be popular.
I think the death of the gasoline engine could spark a huge renaissance in the kit car industry. Electric kit cars would be a hell of a lot simpler to build because you don't have some of the really complex, and intimidating, systems normally associated with cars. Stuff like cooling systems/radiators, fuel delivery (FIRE BAD!) and transmissions are difficult to deal with and potentially deadly. With an electric car all you really have to worry about is zapping yourself with high voltage. Tuning an internal combustion engine can be a black art even with modern computer-managed fuel and emission systems. With electric cars you've got the power source, the controller and the motor...that's it for the most basic systems.
Come on, some one bring back the affordable kit car.
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