The research also showed that notwithstanding its current hefty production price at $1.4 million per vehicle, it is clear that the sQuba has a lot going for it in terms of high-quality design and performance, and mass production of the vehicle could reasonably be expected to reduce its final sticker price to the typical consumer for such a car. In the final analysis, there may never be the flying cars promised by science fiction writers and analysts in the mid-20th century, but there is a submersible car made today that can take ordinary people below the surface of rivers, lakes, and oceans in ways never before possible. While the niche might be small at first, consumer demand for the sQuba could reasonably be posited to be expected to grow once the production price was reduced and more consumer reports were available from those who were fortunate enough to drive and pilot the world's first submersible car.
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