Originally posted by varg
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Now imagine swapping an EV motor into something like this black and chrome 1986 Eta. From a superficial looks perspective, nothing about this car screams "driver's car" to me. It looks like an old-school businessman's or Wall St banker's car; these days it's more of a head-turner in the right colors (Schwarz with chrome trim and a wine red interior) that you can drive to Ruth's Chris or Wolfgang's. The whole ethos of the Eta was to be an economical efficient (it's in the fucking name) car that looked snooty and expensive (a 1986 Toyota Corolla in comparison looks cheap and pedestrian compared to this Eta). They were never intended to be driven fast or hard, the only issue was that they were high-maintenance (timing belt every 60k miles, valve adjustments every 15k miles) despite being "economical". An small electric motor allowing for 60-70 MPH cruising and a small battery giving a max 50-60 miles of range would be cost efficient enough in a few years to turn this into a low-maintenance head-turning machine. The electric motor will be 3-4 times as efficient as the Eta engine (especially at 20 MPH in the city where everyone can really stare at you) are require virtually no maintenance. Something like this will have mass appeal to a group of people that are neither collectors nor driving enthusiasts; I'm talking about the Instagram flexxer/clout chaser/look at me crowd. Hemmels already did what I'm talking about with a Mercedes Pagoda, although they screwed up by giving it too much horsepower for a car that's all about "going zero to 60 mph as slowly as possible, so everyone can see you in it"
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