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XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

melissabeckner-rqriley — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:33:49 EDT

If you want to know more about the XR-3, just go to the website: http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm
You will know a lot more about this vehicle if you read up on it...

melissabeckner-rqriley

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

cmonaussiecmon — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:31:02 EDT

I love it and would be keen to get in line for one (depending on cost of course) but I have a few questions.

There is a fairly big blind spot to the rear and I see no rear view mirros in any of the drawings. How do you change the rear tyre if you get a flat (for that matter where does the spare go and would you need 2 spares seeing the front and rear tyres are different)

cmonaussiecmon

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

jimmyrizzo — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:55:18 EDT

So, when it rains and you want to get out of this thing, eveyrbody gets wet and so does the interior?

jimmyrizzo

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

Laura — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:38:47 EDT

Yeah, if this is any kind of highway legal (I live in Atlanta, everything has to be highway legal for me to get to work...) then lord do I want one. Though that tiny engine concerns me a little at second glance too....it just feels like even with the electric motor there's not enough impulse for typical driving.

Laura

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

yardameus — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 23:32:02 EDT

As of right now, it looks like the only thing they've actually made is a tri-spoke wheel (with tire). Right on schedule.

yardameus

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

Hello_Newman — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:48:56 EDT

Yeah it's 225mpg until you crank up the stereo and see the electric drive volt meter take a nosedive :) I wonder if they are selling it as a kit to avoid things like crash ratings? The price is going to far outweigh any gas you save compared to buying a 1986 Honda CRX and fixing it up...

Hello_Newman

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

appleface — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:09:54 EDT

How about crash ratings, any info on that? Does anyone care about what happens when one of these gets hit by something. From the looks of this thing I wouldn't even want to get in a fender bender with a golf cart...

appleface

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

lightshow — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:31:57 EDT

But will it blend?

lightshow

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

manticor — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:47:21 EDT

but can it play Doom?

manticor

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

HiroNakamura — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:40:58 EDT

This hybrid kinda looks like a crome cockroach.

HiroNakamura

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

rickgrx — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:35:04 EDT

@doofusgumby

So you're saying I'll finally be able to beat those kids at drifting? I'll take three!

rickgrx

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

doofusgumby — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:49:56 EDT

Drizzten: three wheelers with two of 'em in front are inherently ALMOST as stable as a four wheel vehicle. and as long as the body design includes the kind of aerodynamics and underbody air channel like on formula cars, the downforce generated would increase traction the faster in went.

and I say almost as stable as four wheelers because the one rear wheel is a bit easier to break loose on a turn if it hits a slippery spot.

doofusgumby

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

RiceBandit — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:41:31 EDT

I think I unlocked one of these in Mario Kart.

RiceBandit

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

i.am.mozman — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:37:26 EDT

I can see Mr. Bean in a modern mini bumping one of these out of a car park or forcing it off the road.

i.am.mozman

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

m3talsyr3n — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:28:06 EDT

Hey, I would kill for a 3-wheel, one or two person car, USA seriously needs one, ant not built by GM cos GM would find a way to screw it up, and then sell it at $100+.

We need small vehicles, at small prices.
I mean, DUH.

m3talsyr3n

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

Drizzten — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:27:35 EDT

Can't argue with 225MPG and I'm all for advances in diesel-electric hybrid vehicles (the Ford Reflex is an example), but a three-wheeler? I can't help but wonder about its stability at highway speeds.

Drizzten

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

Hoffen — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:19:04 EDT

Im always kind of skeptical of a product launching within two months when there are no REAL pictures of even a prototype!

Hoffen

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

goodbaum — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:06:21 EDT

God knows why in the year 2007 they chose to design a car with popout headlights. Modern headlights would be just as aerodynamic and LED headlights would use less energy. They should take inspiration from 2006s Mazda concepts (Kabura, Ryuga, Nagare). The car already makes use of a pontoon like fender so these headlights could be incorporated so easily to make this thing have a much more dynamic presence.

goodbaum

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

hoofdpijn — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:04:28 EDT

It looks like the Popular Mechanics Tri-Magnum from the 80's.

http://www.rqriley.com/tri-mag.html

hoofdpijn

XR-3 Hybrid: 225 mpg Electric/Diesel Available in May?

Laura — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:54:18 EDT

NOW how am I supposed to focus at work for the rest of my day?

Laura