First factory-built wheelchair-accessible vehicle hits the market From: Autoweek - 09/23/2011 By: Michelle Koueiter Before Wednesday, the only wheelchair-accessible vehicles available to the public were aftermarket conversions that generally came with structural modifications and a price tag ranging from $50,000 to $80,000. Now, a startup company called the Vehicle Production Group (VPG) has released the first vehicle specifically assembled to accommodate people in wheelchairs, with an MSRP of $39,950. The vehicle is called the MV-1, which stands for Mobility Vehicle 1, and it was built for the disabled community. Read the entire article at: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110923/CARNEWS/110929934#ixzz1ZArKb3bh Links: Vehicle Production Group http://www.vpgautos.com/ MV-1 Launch Event (video 39:08) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxKk8zgj-EM Groundbreaking MV-1 puts disabled in the driver's seat http://detnews.com/article/20110922/OPINION03/109220355/Groundbreaking-MV-1-puts-disabled-in-the-driver%C2%92s-seat New American Car Company Debuts Vehicle for the Disabled http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/09/21/new-american-car-company-debuts-vehicle-for-disabled/ Submitted by Jerry Weisman