Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 235-MPG VW

[jphelzer]

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/07/laugh-at-high-g.html



Excerpt
With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term "fuel efficiency" with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets a stunning 282 235 mpg.

Volkswagen's had its super-thrifty One-Liter Car concept vehicle -- so named because that's how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers -- stashed away for six years. The body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight (the entire car weighs just 660 pounds) and company execs didn't expect the material to become cheap enough to produce the car until 2012.

But VW's decided to build the car two years ahead of schedule.


Sorry if this is a repost. I looked and couldn't find reference to it...

[Johnny Ohio]

Very cool. I saw this awhile back and wondered why no one had commented on it. Hummm? I wonder how it would run with a Hayabusa!

[jazzcat]

needs to be lowered on different rims

[VW Lady Bug]

can i preorder one now with a mini trailer to lug my school stuff behind me - it doesn't look like it'll fit inside!

[LadybugEwa]

re-post from a few months ago,

but I still LOVE this car, and call it the Reverse Veyron

[jdgomez]

A liter for a hundred kilometers and it can go up to 282 235 mpg! These are truly amazing specs! Are they really going to push through with this baby's production?



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