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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeros View Post
    ...so how do I buy a Bollinger B1? Looked their website, but nowhere to sign up!
    "Reserve" in the menu at the top , they have 20,000 Reservations (as of Oct 6) .

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    I just had a read of the FAQ....interestingly there is a question about airbags.....and their response was no to fitting airbags as they can/are doing over and above with seatbelts.

    Be interesting to see their seat belt arrangement....

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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    I just had a read of the FAQ....interestingly there is a question about airbags.....and their response was no to fitting airbags as they can/are doing over and above with seatbelts.

    Be interesting to see their seat belt arrangement....
    Finally a new car without a 1000000000 airbags. If I had money I'd sign up for one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by debruiser View Post
    Finally a new car without a 1000000000 airbags. If I had money I'd sign up for one.
    I’m not convinced it will get the green light.....be good if it does for those who find it suitable. Maybe all the current manufacturers are going above and beyond the minimum standard to keep up with the Jones’s.

    Given they only offer an electric version it won’t suit my plans for overlanding

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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    I’m not convinced it will get the green light.....be good if it does for those who find it suitable. Maybe all the current manufacturers are going above and beyond the minimum standard to keep up with the Jones’s.

    Given they only offer an electric version it won’t suit my plans for overlanding
    I'm sure by the time it hits the market (and I sincerely hope it does ) there will be a solution for overlanding. Battery Tech is evolving fast but I'm not sure Sodium batteries will be market ready by then but micro-turbine range extenders will be.

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    The concept of no hot exhaust underneath in spinifex country does appeal...
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    Quote Originally Posted by cjc_td5 View Post
    The concept of no hot exhaust underneath in spinifex country does appeal...
    Trailer it to spinifex country, use it then trailer it back home ?

    I think it's great they are working on the concept but it's a long way off production.
    Then there are ADR's to meet, range anxiety to overcome and will the final production vehicle actually be anything like the prototype ?
    Finally, as I've mentioned before, is there actually a big enough market for it and at what price ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by weeds View Post
    I’m not convinced it will get the green light.....be good if it does for those who find it suitable. Maybe all the current manufacturers are going above and beyond the minimum standard to keep up with the Jones’s.
    If ADRs require airbags then it won't be saleable in Australia. Bollinger appear to be suggesting that they can meet US standards without airbags, but I suspect that in Australia the airbags are a requirement, not a means to an end.

    Re basic stripped out cars, it's long been a theme in car magazines' letters to the editor, and now on-line, that manufacturers should sell stripped out vehicles, with vinyl seats etc. Truth is that they don't sell. In the old days the only people who bought them were nuns, and they're a declining market. In most models now, the top model is the best seller - as an example, we looked at a Pathfinder a couple of years ago and the dealer was telling us that 75% of all Pathfinders they sold were the Ti model, not the ST.
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    Quote Originally Posted by goingbush View Post
    I'm sure by the time it hits the market (and I sincerely hope it does ) there will be a solution for overlanding. Battery Tech is evolving fast but I'm not sure Sodium batteries will be market ready by then but micro-turbine range extenders will be.
    Cruising around far Eastern European/Asian countries.....??

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    Quote Originally Posted by gromit View Post
    Trailer it to spinifex country, use it then trailer it back home ?

    I think it's great they are working on the concept but it's a long way off production.
    Then there are ADR's to meet, range anxiety to overcome and will the final production vehicle actually be anything like the prototype ?
    Finally, as I've mentioned before, is there actually a big enough market for it and at what price ?


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    The market in USA is huge, Pickup crazy there & Teslas are outselling ICE imports , so combine Electric & Pickup , yes they will do well. ADR's are redundant at the close of the Automotive Manufacturing here , My 2013 Iveco does not have a hope in hell of meeting ADR's it was made compliant here on the back of EU certification . Mercedes G has never met ADR's . Imagine its the same with US Imports so long as they are RHD & Bollinger has announce they are also making them for the Australian market but at a later introduction.

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