Scooter maker Razor woos adults with Crazy Cart XL
LAS VEGAS — Think of it as indoor go-kart racing for adults. Only you can drift. And you can do it in your own living rooom.
Razor, best known as maker of those kids' scooters that caught on like wildfire a few years ago, has come up with some that could prove just as viral for adults.
It's called the Crazy Cart XL, an electric cart that can tear laps around the living room. Plus, it has a lever that lets it drift. SEMA is serious enough about it for the adult market that one of its executives drifted it around the hallways of the convention center here for the SEMA after-market car parts show a couple of months ago.
Yes, you can ride it around the house, but there's no downplaying how much speed it can develop. Razor says it goes 17 mph, can go up to 40 minutes on a single charge and runs off of lead-acid batteries. The XL is the adult version of a car that's already on the market for kids.
Razor's Ali Kermani, who demonstrated the cart at the trade show, says the cart's secret are its caster wheels underneath, like those found on a sofa, and a bar that the driver lifts to give the cart the ability to spin, like a drifting race car.
The tough news for Razor is that it sounds like it's going to miss deliveries before the holidays. The company is taking orders, however, with a suggested retail price of $799.