Don said:1.) The price.
2.) It's new
3.) It's a little funny looking
4.) Range anxiety
5.) Cost of ownership/fuel
6.) The car was not marketed agressively
I seriously doubt that has anything to do with sales because there are so many cars out there which use different size tires front to rear and many of them don't come with a spare - Porsche, Corvettes, Nissan Z's and lots of others. It's just not possible to build many platforms if you're restricted to having 4 equally sized wheels/tires and I don't see that factor hurting sales of any of the other cars, so I doubt it has much to do with our cars eithergarygid said:Two sizes of rims and tires, and no spare, might be a factor?
garygid said:Two sizes of rims and tires, and no spare, might be a factor?
You'll change your tune after you've squeezed your iMiEV into a few places that "car-shaped" vehicles couldn't.aarond12 said:Since Mitsubishi already had to re-size the i-MiEV for the US, I'm surprised they didn't go all out, increase the width even more to make it more stable on our high-speed roads, and stretch out the nose to make it more "car shaped".
:lol: You are exactly right. The turning radius on my previous car was very good for a transversely-mounted inline 4, but my i-MiEV turns in an even smaller radius. I'm less concerned about getting my doors dinged, too, because of the width of the car.JoeS said:You'll change your tune after you've squeezed your iMiEV into a few places that "car-shaped" vehicles couldn't.
I also got my i-MiEV on one of the killer lease deals. I knew I would enjoy owning an EV, having previously driven a Nissan Leaf, but having one every day is an even better experience. I was noting to myself how nice it is to unplug the car knowing I have a full tank. No more standing in the cold pumping gas when I'm already late for work!gatedad11 said:I think we may see an upswing in the number of I's sold this past month, as there have been some enticing lease deals being offered. Becasue of the deals, I was able to lease an I, and am absolutely thrilled with the car.
MLucas, I agree with you wholeheartedly and I have no idea why the un-factual perception that this isn't a good highway vehicle still persists. I also drive my iMiEV a lot on the freeways where traffic moves well in excess of the legal 65mph, especially in the HOV lane for which we have a special sticker to drive in solo. Unless I'm going to be pushing the iMiEV's range limit, I drive the iMiEV with no reservations and especially enjoy running away from the traffic following me on freeway onramps.MLucas said:I don't know what this talk is about the i MiEV not being friendly to highways. I drive mine everyday on a 54 mile round trip commute to work with 90% highway. Last night I drove home with a winter storm advisory with 50mph wind gusts. No problem whatsoever and not much different than my Nissan Versa, well actually I think the Mitsubishi does a bit better....
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