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Immediately getting into financial trouble, Carbon Motors sought for private funding sources and initiated the TX7 project as a struggle to elongate the company's life.

The TX7, however, wasn't enough to save the company in the end, and in April , Carbon Motors was shut down. Carbon Motors and its E7 are some of the most pitiful cases of the automobile industry, as the E7 had so many potentials to be the ultimate police car for many years to come.

Even after a decade of its showcase, the car still looks unique and distinctive bold appearances, with features looking innovative and novel to this date. How would the United States - the world - have changed if the E7 was actually released? It's sad that all of our thoughts and predictions will be only end up as imaginations that won't come true. Sources: blog. It looks like a GTA ripoff of the mitsubishi lancer. Tim Rodie. Toofast Max. Arran Angus. David Olsen-Fabian.

Valentina Testa. Jesse Billington. Rachael Hogg. Fun Stuff. The auction company said in court filings it will market the vehicle to "very well moneyed collector car enthusiasts.

And at least one well-known collector — late-night talk show host Jay Leno — has already expressed interested, said Henry Efroymson, Carbon Motors' bankruptcy attorney.

The E-7 was supposed to be the first car of its kind — a vehicle built especially for law enforcement. According to the company, the E-7 can run on bio-diesel fuel and features an automatic license-plate-recognition system, touch-screen computers, shotgun mounts, and cutaway seats that make room for a police officer's heavy belt. It has a top speed greater than mph and can go from zero to 60 in 6. The likely interested parties would be collectors of cars that would only be driven on private streets.

Carbon Motors plans to pay those expenses with the sale proceeds. Carbon Motors was founded by former Ford Motor Co.