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It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History (finance.yahoo.com)
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[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 26 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That’s really bad. I feel like some of those cars with only three wheels set a pretty high bar.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The Robin Reliant sales were driven by the fact they were legally motorcycles, so drivers with DUIs in UK could get back onto roads.

Of course, the US embraced the concept in reverse for Boomers to drive around beach towns.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 1 points 47 minutes ago

Yeah, in my mind, the slingshot is with the trikes and not cars.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Seeing this reminded me of Mr Bean episodes where that three wheeled car is always getting shit on.

Edit - this one -

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol there were a lot of those three wheelers around when I was a kid. They seemed pretty okay for city driving, wouldn't have wanted to try going at any speed in one tho. In fact, someone I know has most of one, says he's gonna restore it but it's been under a tarp for years so. . .

[–] addie@feddit.uk 6 points 1 day ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Robin

The three wheels and the fibreglass construction meant that it was light enough to count as a tricycle, so that you could drive one on a motorcycle license rather than a full driving license. Plus they sip quite gently at the petrol by the standards of the 1970s. You still saw a few on the roads when I was growing up in the 80s, but it's been a long time.

The thought of doing 85 mph in one of them is enough to make me fill my trousers, though. Couldn't pay me enough.