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Subscribe to this threadVW's Up! could be coming to the States
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tad @ Sep 15th 2007 12:08PM
I'd be glad to own one of these, unless the pricing will be decend.
At the IAA I just read it'll go down to 100 mpg with a small 3cyl diesel like its precessor did: The Lupo. Hope this one makes it to the market soon!
zamafir @ Sep 15th 2007 1:13PM
the head of vw also indicated there will be two more concepts show on this platform at the next to international auto show - and that vw will bring a 250mpg car to market in 2010. I don't think the two statements are unrelated.
tad @ Sep 15th 2007 1:47PM
250 mpg???
How on earth will they realize that one? That's 1.0l/100km for in metrics. That's really heavy only one concept car reached so far ... and that one was a three-wheeled two seater. Maybe they've got some hybrid or purely electrical miracle in mind.
zamafir @ Sep 15th 2007 3:44PM
"Volkswagen will am Ende dieses Jahrzehnts ein Auto anbieten, das auf 100 Kilometern nur einen Liter Benzin verbraucht. "Wir wollen das Ein-Liter-Auto 2010 auf den Markt bringen", sagte VW-Aufsichtsratschef Ferdinand Piëch der "Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung" am Rande der IAA"
I guess we'll have to wait two years to find out at the next show.
tad @ Sep 16th 2007 3:08AM
That "news" is about two years old and has been overrun by the resignation of the whole industry. The 1l-car has already been shown at several fairs. But I don't see a chance that this will make it into market, because the price of the whole would have landed topping 20kUS$. Would you have bought one?
Zamafir @ Sep 16th 2007 2:12PM
old? He confirmed two years ago that they would bring a 1l car to market in 2010? Wow, if you could provide us that link from 2005 indicating the 1l would be coming to market in 2010 that would be much appriciated - how the whole of the automotive news industry missed that confirmation in 2005 is beyond me.