I want a car soonish... I hope to get my driving lessons done this year, before they put even more restrictions on it. I'm waiting for this to come out:
Gordon Murray T.25 info (link)
Crash Test results (Link)
Why do I want such a small, slow, ugly car?
The trouble with travel is that public transport in the UK is stupidly overpriced for what it is, and they keep rising the damned prices (£5 to go 8 miles on the train?! Are they stupid??). I actually would like to cycle everywhere, but because of the bad attitude towards cyclists by motorists, and the fact that there are barely any safe cycle paths, let alone a decent cycling infrastructure, makes cycling unsafe (I've lost count of the near-misses I've had with cars even when using cycle paths - It's not funny anymore!).
Fuel prices are rising through the roof, and set to rise even further (I heard a rumour that peak oil may even have already happened, but it's just a rumour), so I want a vehicle that's as fuel efficient as possible. Mopeds and motorbikes can carry less than a bicycle,
and are unsafe. If what they say about this car is true, the running cost of the petrol version of this thing may even be cheaper than public transport.
Plus another advantage is that it won't have used as many resources to build as a conventional car, and most of the parts are easily replaceable due to its design, unlike most cars. Here's to hoping this way of building cars gets off the ground, and that this will be the future of motoring (other, larger cars can be built in the same resource-saving way).