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Why aren't cars longer and skinnier for better payload:drag?

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Well to begin with, there are certain ratios to behold between vehicle length, width, height and mass. Too long vs too sleek and the vehicle will topple over during cornering. Then again, cars that are wider than the usually single occupant (the driver) is tall, should at least bring us to contemplate alternatives...
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This is why I want a Tesla coupe


My rear seats are NEVER used
 
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Hasn’t been mentioned yet... Safety. Who here knows someone or was themselves involved in a motorcycle accident? How happy were you with the 70 miles per gallon they were getting just before that? Sausage car is just somewhere on that spectrum on the unacceptable outcome side of most people’s priority list with safety.
 
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Hasn’t been mentioned yet... Safety. Who here knows someone or was themselves involved in a motorcycle accident? How happy were you with the 70 miles per gallon they were getting just before that? Sausage car is just somewhere on that spectrum on the unacceptable outcome side of most people’s priority list with safety.

Think outside the (car) box... literally, and a sleek vehicle can be safe!
In 6 months, if all is well, this concept WILL be underway towards prototyping.

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