As I thought, the Mini was light ( forwarded from a friend on another
list ). Was the mini not sold in the U.S.? didn't it pass the "National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration" tests??
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The mini was around 1,400 pounds. The two key words from below are "CNN" and
"story".
See the mini spec for yourself .... http://www.dataphone.se/~fixer/info.htm
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David A. Templeton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-spitfires@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-spitfires@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Richard B Gosling
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:10 AM
> To: dmitchel
> Cc: spitfires
> Subject: RE: Lightest Car?
>
>
>
> Sorry - right figure, wrong units, I meant 1612 lb!!
>
> Glad to hear Lotus is planning to treating you lot to the
> Elise - it's a superb
> car! For such a light-weight car it is stunningly strong,
> as it is made of
> aluminium extrusions bonded (i.e. glued) together. You
> should see the
> aluminium tub - it is a work of art in it's own right! So
> hopefully crash
> testing should passable.
>
> Richard and Daffy
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> dmitchel@ford.com on 10May2001 11:59 AM
>
> To: Gosling_Richard_B@cat.com@INTERNET
> spitfires@autox.team.net@INTERNET
> cc: (bcc: Richard B Gosling/1M/Caterpillar)
> Subject: RE: Lightest Car?
> Retain Until: 09/06/2001 Retention Category: G90 -
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard B Gosling [mailto:Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 5:37 AM
> To: spitfires
> Subject: Re: Lightest Car?
>
>
>
> It's a pity Lotus do not sell their Elise in the States -
> that is just 1612 kg.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1612 kg? Light? I don't think so! I know that you probably
> meant 612 kg.
> Rumor has it that Lotus may start selling the Elise over here. Biggest
> problem will be getting it (or any other light weight car)
> through crash
> testing. With all the SUVs and large lorries we have here,
> small cars and
> motorcycles are easy prey. ;(
>
>
> Doug
>
> --
> Doug Mitchell
> mailto:dbmitch@peoplepc.com
> '73 Spitfire 1500
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