VW boss confirms 235MPG car for 2010

That's not even possible with most motorbikes...

It is theorectically possible with a very low-power diesel and skinny hard tires and a car made with a balsa wood frame covered by a thin light film of custom made Japanese paper. Who would want such a car?

i wish this were true, but 200 mpg will NEVER happen.
mopeds get like 60mpg or 80 at most.

what really sucks is even if they ever do make a car get 200 mpg they will make gas like $30.00 per gallon so it will be the same thing in terms of spending per week.
everyone is so concerned with consumption of fuel the truth of the matter is if gas were 1.25 a gallon ( damn i miss the bill clinton years) no one would car how many miles per gallon they got.

If you think Bill Clinton was responsible for low oil prices (they actually werent low, they were relative to the CPI at the time) then you dont know what you're talking about.

People also said we would NEVER go into space.... so I believe high mileage estimates can be achieved.

if only ur war on terror stops & stupid bush stops sending troops to iraq...oil prices would be fine... come on u americans know who created this problem & it was u elected bush

this article is filled with holes. first, is it one litre, or one cylinder? the article goes back and forth. second, "reports have emerged confirming" is hardly a definitive statement. I dont even blame VW for this, it is just lazy journalism. not gonna happen.

"As outrageous as the idea of a 1-liter car sounds more reports have emerged confirming the ultra-frugal car is in fact in development and that it could be on the market by as early as 2010."

The 1.0L idea isn't outrageous. Plenty of European-market vehicles have 1.2s and 1.3s. I'm guessing it's going to be a 1 CYLINDER-- probably with less than 1.0 liter of displacement.

"Plastic and Magnesium body"

What happens in an accident? This is a cool short-term solution if it actually works, however, we still need to focus on alternative fuels...

A pure magnesium body would burn like hell if ignited in an accident. Plastic cars better be UV protected or covered with protective paint or the sun will make soon destroy their good looks.

VW already made a 1L car, a 2L car and many 3L cars.. back in the early to mid 90s. Way before any Global Marketing hype!

It would have to be a 300 cc in-line six with a displacement of 50 cc per cylinder and the car would have to weigh no more than a 300 cc motorcycle.

All that is confirmed here is the continued development of more fuel efficient vehicles.

Production models featuring this technology by 2010...

NOT EVEN!

It seems like an electric car would make more sense than this.

1 liter vehicles have grazed even U.S. roads for many years now, just take a look under the hood of that ratty old 1990 Geo Metro (or 1987 Chevy Sprint) you see every day on your commute...

Yepper - 1 Liter 3 cylinder!

And when I lived in Japan, Kei-series vehicles had both 660cc...

So what's the big deal hear is the fuel consumption claim, not the displacement.

Actually 2 adults can fit reasonably well in the back of a Lupo.

... and that was a case of me NOT reading the entire article thoroughly before responding...

Hey! It Happens

DaHarder, this is something I've never seen before: someone putting their pride away and actually admitting to a mistake. We're all too darn stubborn. Bravo!

I have a Lupo!
You can fit 4 adults in perfectly well.
I have a 1.4 though...75 hp oh yeah :D

"The Lupo still holds the record for the production car with the highest MPG rating ever... And that was a 1.4 liter Turbo diesel with an auto tranny and it was okay fast for a super compact and could seat two adults and two (small) children... "

yeah I remember that car aswell

I have taken my 6'5" friend in the back of the Lupo!
He was fine!
I'm 6'2" and I fit fine in it too...

A 240 hp Lupo!!! That would be hilarious...

My Lupo weighs a respectable 997 kilos...Less than a ton lol. But it's such a happy car! It looks like it's smiling and the seat panels that match the blue paint always lift my mood...

Your friend had a Lupo? How old are you then???

A Lupo 3L...slow...

I drive mine like it is a go-kart.

We had a 1 litre Mini back in 1973.

Why is a 1 litre car 'outrageous'?

1L, as in, how many LITERS of FUEL used for every 100 km driven. NOT 1.0L in displacement. It will probably have about half that. This article should be revised for Americans!

iamdabest1 makes a good point and I agree. Trying to get the edge on the oil industry will not work in the long run. They will RAISE prices to maintain their profit levels in ratio to gasoline consumption. Its as simple as idling refining capacity, and bang, gasoline prices go up. So folks jumping on high mileage vehicles will only save you a few $$$ for a short time.

None of this matters a damn as soon as cheap solar cells become available. We can then use the electricity generated by solar radiation to get hydrogen from water and run all our cars on pure hydrogen. And don't tell me about the Hindenburg -- most people who died in that disaster did so by jumping too early. The hydrogen went straight up as did the short-lived flames.

I will believe it when I SEE it...