The "Switzerland of car companies" turns 60 this year - we visit its headquarters as it prepares its first EV
You might not know the Meyers Manx name, but you definitely know its shape. This is the original beach buggy: designed in the 1960s as a no-frills, Beetle-based hobby car that could be assembled cheaply at home. It is, if you like, America’s take on the Caterham. It’s the brainchild of the legendary Bruce Meyers, who completed his first car in 1964 and was 94 when he and wife Winnie finally retired in 2020, and continued to contribute to its story until he died a year later.
0’s $74,000 , and is marketed as a style-focused equivalent to golf buggies and the like. Generally, loyalists don’t take too kindly to their beloved automotive icons being resurrected with EV power, bemoaning the charisma deficit that results from swapping a living, breathing combustion motor for whirring EV componentry, and the associated hikes in cost, weight and range anxiety that come with it.
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