New Manx launching next year

[Letterman7]

Just saw this... and it's electric: https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/the-new-meyer...3fd1846340

[vwracerdave]

It looks cool....................but no thanks.
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[Q-Dog]

It doesn't look much different from the original. I like it.

And here's a better article without all the BS msn tracking.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/meyers-manx-2-0-electric-dune-buggy-debut/
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[MrGoodtunes]

Nice, but... no front turn signal, marker lights?

[Dale M.]

Not impressed. Just another car company falling into the electric (carbon free) car world hysteria will save us....
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[joemama]

Is there a mention about cost? I think that would have a large impact on interest with the average buggy enthusiast. The Manx company was up in Big Bear during the annual Manx outing about 3 weeks ago. They were showing a new take on the original Manx body, with a couple of cool improvements, like lockable storage under the rear seat. It was a prototype, and when I asked what the price would be once they were produced, I was told they were hoping to keep it to no more than $6,000.00. This was for the body only, no windshield.
Other items they had on display/for sale:
Windshield 600.00
Front bumper 600.00
Rear bumper 400.00
Drop down dash - 350.00
Sidewinder exhaust - 705.00
Im glad that the Manx will live on, but I wont be a customer. I also wonder if these will actually be considered real Manx's.

[y2kbaja]

I like it and I think it has nice styling and updates the design. Not that it needed to be updated. It looks way better that the 2+2.

[EVfun]

As an EV and aircooled VW enthusiast I'm gonna pass. I do think they captured the styling quite well, not easy to do when you rip out everything VW including the iconic engine. The rear grill is a nice touch.

For me the reason for a buggy is the simplicity. I like to use this platform to ditch everything not required and reduce a car to its essential substance, with style. A T-bucket for a later decade, if you will.

I've built a couple EV buggies. I started with a VW powered buggy that only weighed 1100 lb. in road "legal" trim. I built it into an EV buggy with lead acid that weighed 1420 lb. then upgraded it with Lithium batteries to a 1230 lb. buggy. Complexity creep -- screw up charging or discharging those and you could burn the house down! I used LiFePO4 cells to minimize that risk, but it still had feature creep (and I see electrical as easy.) If I buy an EV I expect it to be from a maker large enough to pay up if their design burns my house (and VW stuff) down.

I think many people will discover how nice an EV is after they drive one a little. The torque and power is down lower, the efficiency is at higher rpms. They dont need gears if the motor has 20% more mass and the controller 40% more silicon strictly required (and power silicon is getting ever cheaper.) Batteries and charging seem to be improving and coming down in price too. I see 2022 in the EV world being about 1918 in the gas car world. Hang on!
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[jpfahrstar]

I like it. There's room in this world for all the old gas powered buggies we have now (and love so dearly) and a new version of Bruce's grand idea that involves electric propulsion. I have no great problem with the push to electric vehicles in our future and this is one fun version for sure. Can't wait to see what it costs and if there will be an electric conversion kit for our old gas powered buggies.

[oprn]

Ya, looks great and as far as driving them, these ones will do everything that 90% of the present Buggy owners do right now. The exception being those of us that take our Buggies on holidays long distance.

But… what about the SOUND??!!!

A Buggy with no sound is eating a steak without taste buds, watching the peelers blindfolded, going to a music festival stone deaf!!! What is the point?

And… what abut the pleasure we get working on ours?

Ya, neat rig. Talk to me about it again when I am in the care home and no longer able for oil changes and setting the valve lash… Buggies to me are about getting your hands greasy as well as driving them! Yup that’s the geriatric model for sure!
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[finster]

is it a BUG-E then?
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[Peerson]

Not even if they give them away for free

[scottyrocks]

[Letterman7]

[slave1pilot]

here are some real pics of the car
https://www.snaptaste.com/meyers-manx-event/
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[oprn]

[vwracerdave]

EV just isn't for me. Nothing about the creature comforts or styling will ever get me to want an EV. I'll bet when you see the actual selling price most of you will realize it's just a dream.
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[NJ John]

Launch it! Right with Elon’s Tesla!
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[Dale M.]

Probably going to increase the value of our vintage machines as they become less available....
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[joemama]

On my cul-de-sac, and corresponding block, there are 8 young men older than 17, younger than 30. 3 of them drive hybrids or electric. The rest of them that have a car, drive Japanese economy es. One drives a Malibu, but its the Toyota with a Chevy emblem kind. None are interested in cars, let alone classic cars. Some don't seem interested in driving. The only way many of the younger generation is getting into buggies, is if its electric, and they can buy it built, and not have to work on it. Not for me at this point in my life, but I think its the future for many.