[ScottyJ]

I'm on my phone and I can't find the search function so I apologize if this has been discussed already.

I think the T-Rex has been around for about fifteen years (although I could be wrong) and I can probably count on one hand how many I've seen on the road or at a motorcycle gathering. I want the Slingshot to do well but how is it going to successful when a similar vehicle like the T-Rex apparently hasn't? Or maybe it has but they're not around here.

 

[ScottyJ]

Oh, great, now it shows a similar thread. lol. My bad. Guess I'll read that.

 

[Tango]

T-Rex pitfalls in a nutshell:
1. Too expensive ($65k)
2. No dealer network
3. "hand crafted" = not mass produced = expensive to make
4. Nearly impossible to get into
5. Uses motorcycle everything - sequential gearbox, screaming motor, switchgear, instruments.
6. Very ugly. This is subjective and I think it looks ugly good vs ugly bad but no denying it's ugly
7. Extremely cramped inside.
8. Too expensive ($65k) for what you get

The Slingshot is almost opposite in all those categories. The most important will be #1 and #8.

I suggest this read - not only funny but done on the 2014 model:
http://jalopnik.com/2014-campagna-t-rex-16-s-the-jalopnik-review-1441919628

By the way, instead of someone's "garage" Polaris is a $4.0+ Billion company with a huge dealer network (the key to being mass market):
http://www.slingshotforums.com/threads/polaris-industries-beats-on-q2-earnings-revenues-ups-view.145/

 

[ScottyJ]

Well written. Lots of information. Yes, Polaris has deep pockets. I hope it does well. I'm anxious to see more than the teasers.

 

[the1sen]

T-Rex pitfalls in a nutshell:
1. Too expensive ($65k)
2. No dealer network
3. "hand crafted" = not mass produced = expensive to make
4. Nearly impossible to get into
5. Uses motorcycle everything - sequential gearbox, screaming motor, switchgear, instruments.
6. Very ugly. This is subjective and I think it looks ugly good vs ugly bad but no denying it's ugly
7. Extremely cramped inside.
8. Too expensive ($65k) for what you get

The Slingshot is almost opposite in all those categories. The most important will be #1 and #8.

You can say all that stuff all you want, but you can't put Lambo doors on a Slingshot so the T-Rex wins. HANDS DOWN!!!!

 

[Tango]

You can say all that stuff all you want, but you can't put Lambo doors on a Slingshot so the T-Rex wins. HANDS DOWN!!!! View attachment 208

Wait... Lambo doors on a Slingshot? Hold my beer and watch this...

 

[the1sen]

Wait... Lambo doors on a Slingshot? Hold my beer and watch this...

Watch what?

No Slingshot is as sexy as THIS... Nothing says class and sexy like Lambo doors on a non-Lambo.

 

[dinger]

T-Rex pitfalls in a nutshell:
1. Too expensive ($65k)
2. No dealer network
3. "hand crafted" = not mass produced = expensive to make
4. Nearly impossible to get into
5. Uses motorcycle everything - sequential gearbox, screaming motor, switchgear, instruments.
6. Very ugly. This is subjective and I think it looks ugly good vs ugly bad but no denying it's ugly
7. Extremely cramped inside.
8. Too expensive ($65k) for what you get

The Slingshot is almost opposite in all those categories. The most important will be #1 and #8.

I suggest this read - not only funny but done on the 2014 model:
http://jalopnik.com/2014-campagna-t-rex-16-s-the-jalopnik-review-1441919628

By the way, instead of someone's "garage" Polaris is a $4.0+ Billion company with a huge dealer network (the key to being mass market):
http://www.slingshotforums.com/threads/polaris-industries-beats-on-q2-earnings-revenues-ups-view.145/

Well put

 

[the1sen]

PFFFFFFFFT!!!

You guys are just lame. Nothing says class like Lambo doors on a random vehicle. My Kia Soul has Lambo doors. [email protected]##$ing SWEEET!!!

 

[Tango]

LOL

How do you get into that Kia Soul with the door "open"?

Some cars were just never engineered to have suicide doors - like all the ones that don't begin with "Lamborghini".

 

[dascrow]

I've heard getting in and out of the Slingshot is much easier the the T-Rex.

 

[dascrow]

Now with the pricing released.. At 1/3 of the price the Slingshot is a hands down winner!

 

[dinger]

Betting the price drops on the T-rex in the next few months to come

 

[ffarl]

The T-rex is a nice lookin ride, but I'll take the open air and an extra $40K in my pocket any day. The weather is too nice here to be boxed in all the time.

 

[Dragonrider64]

OK, you buy the T-rex & I'll buy the Scorpion. In three years we will sell both, and let's see who's ahead then.....

 

[Centhron]

You got right with #1-2-3 for #4 i live in Québec so its easier to find one...#5...FALSE!! Come on! lol...#6 Like you say its subjective i really like the front of the Slingshot remind me the X-Bow, but the tail of the T-Rex was 110% better than the Slingshot...#7 depends on your physical but nobody in my friends talk about that! #8 Your right!
Have a T-Rex for 2 years and sold it last year...the best thing i drive in my life...but wheater and monthly payment , i sold it.
For the price asking for the Slignshot i am very curious to make a test drive to compare!!!....

 

[Tango]

What I meant about #5 is the engine and gearbox. It now uses a BMW motorcycle engine and a sequential gearbox modified with reverse vs. the SS with a Pontiac Solstice car drivetrain.

I kinda like the looks of the T-Rex but I think it is even more polarizing than the SS. I think it is really a love it or hate it kinda car more than the SS.

I will be VERY curious what your thoughts are after a test drive so please post up when you get the chance to drive one in Sept. or Oct.

Oh, and welcome to the forum! Throw some pics of that beast on here too.

 

[Centhron]

What I meant about #5 is the engine and gearbox. It now uses a BMW motorcycle engine and a sequential gearbox modified with reverse vs. the SS with a Pontiac Solstice car drivetrain.

I kinda like the looks of the T-Rex but I think it is even more polarizing than the SS. I think it is really a love it or hate it kinda car more than the SS.

I will be VERY curious what your thoughts are after a test drive so please post up when you get the chance to drive one in Sept. or Oct.

Oh, and welcome to the forum! Throw some pics of that beast on here too.

The dealer say at the middle of Sept we can make test drive...have to wait!!!

Which beast pics you want?!

 

[Tango]

A photo album in the photos section would be cool. If you have closeups of the drivetrain and your favorite angles of it would be cool. Not many people have seen TRex's in real life.

 

[Centhron]

I just put somes pics in Gallery section...