MV-1 -- vehicle for wheelchair users -- on the road

Let's see...$40,000, 8000 Lbs, 4.6 8 cylinder engine, 14 mpg and you can't put a transfer seat in or an easy lock for you wheelchair in the driving position. Sounds like a taxi to me. Now I like the idea that someone is starting to think about designing a proper wheelchair accessible vehicle, but this isn't being made for you or me but for taxi companies. I talked to a lady at VPG and was told that it will be awhile if we are ever to see something viable to the common person in a wheelchair as they are just a start-up company. Maybe with a little email pressure VPG might realize that there is a big open space in the market for disabled people and their MV-1 is a square peg.

The concept seems to be as an option to spending $60K to retrofit a standard van for the same purpose. Lots of wheelchair bound folks can't drive either, but there is certainly a place for a driver option. Maybe it would not take too much to remove the regular driver's seat and allow a locking mechanism for the chair plus the attendant hardware to accommodate the individual's capabilities. Every case would be custom made.