Well, the wife will be needing a new vehicle in about a year so.... I went and got me a reserved number for an Elio.
Only did the $100 reserved though, so its kinda like almost being someone who walks in with the $6,800.00 and  buys one off the floor, and I get $100 of the price.
Anyway, it will be at the Summit Mall in Birmingham from 9-6 each day I believe, we will be going on Saturday.
Its a 4.5 hour trip up there for us, so we have to leave about 6am, so we can be back for suppertime (a whole days worth of driving for a two hour stay).
If anyone is going to be in the area, you should really go look at this thing, I believe it will take off for those who cannot afford a "low priced car" now days.
In a nutshell, its a 3 wheel, 3 cylinder covered trike (two wheels in front)...that has air conditioning, fuel injection, water cooled and a steering wheel (no power steering though).
Stats are 5 star safety (3 air bags), 8 gal. tank/w a proposed 84mpg highway, 49mpg city, 3 cylinder engine front wheel drive... all for only $6,800.00 (target price).
Ok...advert over.... if anyone is in the area at the time let us know, we could do lunch at a nearby cafe', brew house, local pub.......

http://www.eliomotors.com/

Actually ... to me the coolest part is they will be built in LA ( the state), in Baton Rouge. We dont need such a vehicle now, but at that price... I may get one for giggles. If I ever decide to stop riding a bike.. then that would replace it.

If only I'd saved my money, I'd be able to afford one when they become available
a new 'car' for 6800 bux? heck yeah

I believe that's the engine they are running in it to get it from show to show....they are building a 3 cylinder engine from scratch... it is almost ready for testing I believe.

http://www.eliomotors.com/tech-talk-elio-engine-part-4/