Posted on 09/17/2009 9:11:20 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
Please tell me this is a prop for a Woody Allen movie.
Must be little fellers drive them things.
Another nice money saving advantage to this car, is that it will no longer be necessary to send ambulances to the scene of a collision.
It won’t take much to clean up the remains, just hose down the road.
There won’t even be enough left of the car to justify a tow truck. What’s left could probably fit into a small shopping bag.
ER doctors will have more time to serve the illegals because, well, non survivors don’t need doctors.
I see benefits here.
I’m surprised they went with an 800cc engine. Heck, if they only needed 29HP, they probably could’ve gotten away with 100cc! Or 200cc. Definitely don’t need 800. (’Course, I don’t know what 200cc would do to gas mileage, or emissions.)
It needs bigger tail lights.
I’ll take $44,300 in the price pool.
That thing wouldn’t make it up my driveway without hanging up!
“I’m surprised they went with an 800cc engine. Heck, if they only needed 29HP, they probably could’ve gotten away with 100cc!”
Yeah, 800cc these days usually means about 110 horses.
Probably a long stroke, looking for torque to get the 0-35mph time down to something reasonable.
Bagpipe send-off not included.
In case anyone is interested, I believe that my 1980 desiel VW Rabbit was rated for only 46hp when it was brand new. Unfortuanately when I bought it (the odometer had stopped at 287k miles before I ever owned it), it had so much blow-by that it had significantly less power than that anemic 46hp rating. I once measured it taking over 70 seconds to get it to 60 mph. However, given enough time, a tail wind, and a downhill road grade, it would get up well over 90 mph. I honestly do not believe that I was ever able to get less than 40 mpg. All in all it was still quite a car for $200.
Don’t bother locking it.... a few guys could just pick it up and walk away with it....:^)
What, you don’t want to ride in a cellophane wrapped tinkertoy costing $40,000? You could at least buy one to carry as a spare vehicle in the back of your Expedition.
Nope - Durango. I don’t think this thing would fit in the back of my vehicle. Perhaps on the roof rack?
Bring a hanky for the nosebleed.
Yeah, I'd buy one. No different than a motorcycle with a body and sure to turn more heads.
“Yeah, 800cc these days usually means about 110 horses.”
The current VW 2.0 TDI has about 141 hp, but about 240 ft. lbs. of torque.
Check the web for these figures on Audi, VW and BMW turbodiesels.
It is torque that makes them perform well.
I doubt they have the US in mind for this vehicle.
The VW 2.0 TDI Jetta gets about 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway in US configuration, with very good acceleration.
And it is selling well. The wagon especially so; it is a very efficent and capable vehicle.
Currently nothing comparable from the Detroit 3. They are still offering Chevys badged as GMCs and Cadillacs. But no turbodiesel small vehicles, which make up over half passenger vehicle sales in Europe.
Well, those are designed for low resistance too!
If it could fly and fold up into a brief case, it might be OK, otherwise it’s a death trap.
Trucks will just drive over this thing like a speed bump.
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