What is "wrong" with these new subcompacts?

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Replying to: alltorque (Apr 22, 2009 4:38 am)

Here you go, like the bottom side of a snow board:
 

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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 22, 2009 6:56 am)

It has some Elan, but doesn't Flow. Inverse it and there's your Answer (a little boarding pun there - I ride an Elan Inverse and an Answer, both with Flow bindings ).
 
The Multipla looked better in person than in the pics, to me anyway.

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Replying to: guss (Apr 22, 2009 10:03 am)

The one I saw was not red so I'm sure there are choices.
 
Found a pic, the exterior of this car was red, so I think it is color matched, but I also saw one where the red stuff was a silver/gray color.
 
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Replying to: alltorque (Apr 22, 2009 4:38 am)

I remember some UK magazine compared the first version of that Multipla to something that crawled out of a bog. It was a very daring and practical design, I agree, it's a shame it was normalized. Seeing as it came out about a decade ago now, it was pretty futuristic. The original Multipla was certainly a weirdo...the new one should be too.
 
Now it is pretty ordinary from the front:
 

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Replying to: ateixeira (Apr 22, 2009 11:39 am)

The Picaso didn't grab me but the Scenic's do. There's nothing like a good size minivan with 14" wheels.
 
Here's another we don't get:
 

 
Volkswagen Will Build Up! Minicar in Slovakia

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