I was in Nihonbashi yesterday, and stumbled across a car showroom. Nothing unusual about that, really, except that the cars were kind of toy cars. When I was a kid, I always wanted one of those kids electrical-powered cars they used to sell in Argos and Freemans for about 300 pounds. Never had one, and have grown up unscathed by this fact.
Yesterday, I found the adult version. These 'cars' require full licenses to drive. They are driven on regular roads (including motorways I presume). The cost is around 1.5million yen, or $15,000 to those who know dollars better. New small cars in Japan can be bought for around the same price. Which leads to the obvious question - who is the target market?
Mostly, I guess, people with more money than sense, more interested in fashion than safety etc. Perhaps they launched in the right country then...
CQ Motors (link)
Just a quick update - is this thing such an improvement on the sinclair C5, made in 1985, and which sold for about $600-700?