I don't connote any negativity to the designation 'kit car'. In fact, being in my teens in the '70s, building anything from a kit was my idea of fun. I couldn't wait to get my hands on my dads 'Popular Mechanics' mags to see what new kits were being offered in the back pages of adverts. Build your own hovercraft, radio, computer, etc... a whole car just seemed to be the ultimate kit.

I haven't had a single person ask if it's a kit. Usually, some one is yelling from their car window, "What kind of car is that"? When I say it's a Velo Rossa I get a lot of blank quizzical stares, Then I add, "It's a kit". Which evokes a lot of nods... as if they now understand completely. Cracks me up every time.