Remember those cool, fun VW engine, fiberglass dune buggies? How bout an EV model?

AbleGuy

Officious Intermeddler
I fondly remember ripping up the cinder cone hills in Northern Arizona many years ago in a VW dune buggy, kinda looked like this:

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Eventually, somehow decided to beef these up and came up with the Meyer’s Manx:

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Now, we just might be able to get one of these fun little sand blasters in a 240 HP EV version!

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Plans call for the current configuration to weigh @ 1600 lbs (@ 400 pounds more than an original Manx). It would have 180 kw, or 240 hp, be mid engine and would have a range of 200 miles.

They plan to running prototypes by next year. Sounds like something really fun to look forward to…
 
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john61ct

Adventurer
Wow blast from the past, as a kid in the Cape Cod dunes out near Provincetown

They probably got environmental protection before I turned twelve :cool:
 

toddz69

Explorer
I fondly remember ripping up the cinder cone hills in Northern Arizona many years ago in a VW dune buggy, kinda looked like this:

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Eventually, somehow decided to beef these up and came up with the Meyer’s Manx:

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Now, we just might be able to get one of these fun little sand blasters in a 240 HP EV version!

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Plans call for the current configuration to weigh @ 1600 lbs (@ 400 pounds more than an original Manx). It would have 180 kw, or 240 hp, be mid engine and would have a range of 200 miles.

They plan to running prototypes by next year. Sounds like something really fun to look forward to…
That first photo is actually a Meyers Manx, btw. That's Bruce Meyers himself in his first (or nearly first) buggy doing a photo shoot for Hot Rod magazine. The second shot is of one racing in the NORRA Mexican 1000. They're quite popular in that race and a good friend of mine raced his about 5 years ago. Meyers Manx had their electric prototype there at this year's race - it didn't do so well. I think it went out the first day - don't recall what the issues were.

Todd Z.
 

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