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The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
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07-07-2008, 07:36 AM
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The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
The One-Liter may have a sticker price from $31,750 to $47,622.
Chuck Squatriglia - Wired - July 3, 2007
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 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... [Read More]
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
The body's made of carbon fiber to minimize weight (the entire car weighs just 660 pounds)
My motorcycle weighs more than 600 lbs.!
Even if the car is a limited success, it serves a useful purpose of showing how much can be done to lighten cars and improve fuel economy.
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07-07-2008, 10:05 AM
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
Since Billy is out of the Insight scene... is this his next vehicle?? 
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
It looks so low it could probably drive under semis.
There will probably be stories on that.
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
I think I like the styling of the VW over the Aptera. I just wish the VW was a three wheeler so you could use the HOV lane as a single occupant.
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
Looks like a more streamlined, up to date version of the Messerschmidt KR200 from the late 50's.
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
Wait until one of the kit car companies gets their hands on one of those and copies it.
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
With the car weighing less that 700 lbs, driver weight will have a large effect on FE. EPA numbers will have to be customized for weight categories, like in boxing. 
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
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Originally Posted by Delta Flyer
It looks so low it could probably drive under semis.
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07-07-2008, 10:45 AM
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Re: The 235 MPG VW 1L may be on its way - but in limited numbers.
any chance VW will hire one of our rockstars to perform a 3rd party MPG test on this ?
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