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239 MPG Car

Posted by michael on from the bio-what? dept.

Kozmik writes "VW/Audi has a history of being a leader in creating super fuel efficient vehicles. They currently sell the most fuel efficient car in the world, 3L Lupo and the Audi A2, and the most fuel efficient station wagon (Jetta TDI Wagon). Now VW is experimenting with something along the lines of the Honda Insight ( a 2 person vehicle ). The 1L VW concept car can achieve .89L/100kms or 239MPG. With Biodiesel and Ultra low sulfur diesel becoming available, hopefully more of these vehicles will come to North America. These fuels are already available in Europe and combined with the new catalyst technology they use, these new engines produce very low emissions." It's nice to talk about alternative fuels, but I have yet to see a gas station selling one of them.

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  1. There are plenty of them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just check the consumer site Fatwallet for a list, sorted by Zip code.

    1. Re:There are plenty of them by Clay+Pigeon+-TPF-VS- · · Score: 0, Troll

      The parent link is goatse! Dont do it! Think of the children!

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  2. Germans are ahead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It looked like the japs were ahead in the design and production of fuel efficient cars with the Insight and the Prius but now I know our Aryan brothers are truely in the lead and Americans are only dreaming about producing such great automobiles.

  3. Re:Wrong country by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why do you attack the Irak then?

  4. Re:Wrong country maybe, but you have wrong facts.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, I forgot this is Slashdot, Europe is enlightened, the U.S. is the bumbling oaf.

    Uhhh..it's not just Slashdot that thinks this. It's pretty much the rest of the world. And you wonder why people fly 767s into your buildings?

  5. We took the windows out and achieved that by gelfling · · Score: 1, Troll

    Sure, take a VW Bug - old model, around a 1300cc model and take out the back seat, windshield, backwindow, bumpers and anything else that just adds weight. Drive it like an old lady, goose it all the time and coast wherever possible. Get 60mpg+

  6. Re:Ask and yea shal recieve.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yeah give me a car with 239 mile per gal. and a 10 gallon tank and I will take it.

    If you try that someone at ford will give quido lefty and firestarter your address name and a bag of lime.

    If you know what I mean.