These are not, REPEAT NOT, the primary means of propulsion and braking of a Leitra ;-)). I've asked Michael to stick a hand and a foot out to provide scale, and show the volume of the cockpit. While it may appear very un-carlike , even "dark", inside, it is that for a reason: the relatively small windows in proportion to the rest of the opaque body surface work against the "greenhouse effect" on sunny days. It ought to be noted, that this fairing is still incomplete; but, at the time when this picture was taken, the other parts for it weren't yet finished.
    What's missing in particular are two crescent- shaped "cargo bays" beneath and each side of the seat going all the way to the rear, and fabric side panels. After this picture was taken in the afternoon, the builder C-G Rasmussen, Michael, the bicycle dealer, who ordered it for a customer, and a few others were working all through the night to finish it off by adding and adjusting various bits and pieces. When it was done at dawn, there was just enough time to ride it 20-odd km down to the railway station in Copenhagen to transport it to Germany.
    Finally, possibly the finest feature of this velomobile : the integrated rearview mirror atop the cabin housing. Sitting where it is most needed. This, in my view[sic!], is what distinguishes the  Leitra  as a practical, everyday vehicle, from other vehicular bike inventions and -pretenders. Nobody, who has ever driven a car can have missed the importance of an above- the- head panoramic rearview mirror, and that is also why the  Leitra  has one. Because it is a vital  element of orientation in potentially- dangerous traffic, and the Leitras  are about, if nothing else, surviving the worst- case scenarios out there on the roads.