Talk:Dymaxion car
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[edit] Chrysler
What possible connection could there be between Chrysler's failure to build a radical concept car in the mid-1930s (they lost their shirts on a fairly radical for its time production car, the Airflow, in the same era) and its losing market share to Toyota and Honda seven decades later? This comment is counterintuitive, and unless someone show strong reason not to, I'll be removing it soon. Rlquall 02:57, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[Please check the length of conventional automobiles. I went to an automobile museum in Sparks Nevada which had a Dymaxion and cars from every year in the 1930's and they were all certainly more than 10 feet long. Sitting behind the wheel of the Dymaxion reminded me a lot of my 1960's Volkswagon bus -- bench seat, floor shift, rear engine, similar roof gutter, light weight. It would be a dramatic comparison on this web page to show an image of a 1932 Ford Model Y with it's running boards and 12-foot length (or a Model B, Deuce Coupe) Also, there seems to be a lot of confusion on the web about the true dimensions and capacities of the various versions of the Dymaxion, possibly aided by unsubstantiated marketing claims.]
-- Alan McBeth 13:26, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- auto museum doesn't allow patrons into vehicles, as far as I know there is only one car even remotly like this75.14.212.72 10:42, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I'm in ur message, closin ur italics tag. (You used brokets for 'I have been to that museum a fair few times', and because the first letter after the broket was I, it did italics.)--StarChaser Tyger 10:13, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] economy figure?
30mpg unheard of at the time? though from most sources i've heard/read from, the much older (and still vaguely contemporary) Model T managed 25-35mpg, despite it's primitive engine and complete lack of any kind of aerodynamic engineering (and I saw report of a DIY body conversion that allowed the original engine, plus a modified gearbox, to reach 70+ mph instead of the original ~45...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.180.56 (talk) 23:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
