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#197564 - 02/03/2004 17:08 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: jbauer]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
I know it has a small engine, but don't it look cool?
Engine? I thought that was the model where both the driver and the passenger had to pedal.
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#197565 - 02/03/2004 20:42 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: jbauer]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
I think it's very cool. The front end is great. The back end should be a bit longer so it can have a little more of what my friends call a "cam back" (don't know if that's good car lingo or not) where it sweeps back up a little instead of being quite so chopped off.
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#197566 - 02/03/2004 21:41 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: jbauer]
Mataglap
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Registered: 11/06/2003
Posts: 384
Yeah, it does look pretty cool. I'd be concerned about driving something that small over here, though. These days even a normal sized coupe is dwarfed by the SUVs, pickups, and trucks.

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#197567 - 03/03/2004 15:21 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: wfaulk]
tanstaafl.
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
"cam back" (don't know if that's good car lingo or not)

Very nearly...

It is actually Kamm Back or Kammback.

The reference is to German aerodynamicist Wunibald Kamm, who in the 1930s and '40s developed the concept of the short, upswept tail on a car as a means of increasing stability and reducing drag. Do a Google search for Wunibald Kamm and you'll get about 100 hits referring to designs using his theories, although not a lot of information about Kamm himself.

tanstaafl.
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#197568 - 03/03/2004 16:07 Re: empeg Owner's meet in London? [Re: tanstaafl.]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Excellent. Thanks.
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