Loremo: The 150 MPG car

[Cavalry]

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=457882

The Loremo's German designers revisited the basics ? engine efficiency, low weight, and minimal drag ? to create a car that offers fuel-efficiency in the neighborhood of 130 to 150 miles per gallon. The Loremo is likely to dazzle drivers not with its acceleration, but with its ability to drive from New York to L.A. with only three stops at the pump.

building the car around a 2-cylinder turbodiesel engine

not only will it enter mass production next year, it will sport a base price attainable by mortal motorists: 15,000 euros (about U.S. $22,000).

I'd buy it.
Next year- a car that gets 150 MPG, 2010- A car with ~MPG

(please note ~ is infinite)

 

[Bob_Marley]

We'll see.

According to the marketing the Metro did 80 MPG.

I'd bet that this alleged 150 MPG is at something like a steady 60 KPH on a flat surface.

Rolling road results mean very little, so I'll believe it when they do drive it from New York to LA with 3 stops at the pump and not before.

 

[Cavalry]

It is odd that this car is going to be available next year.
That's awfully soon for a vehicle of this magnitude.


I'd think it would a long time to make one, and now the have to mass produce them, the chances that there will be some kind of problem is very high.

 

[Lizardizzle]

meh, still not as impressive as this:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4237853.html?series=19

 

[Cavalry]

meh, still not as impressive as this:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4237853.html?series=19

I will NEVER own the "car" in that video.

The Loremo at least compromises style and efficiency, that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

 

[Krynn72]

I will NEVER own the "car" in that video.

The Loremo at least compromises style and efficiency, that is the ugliest thing I have ever seen.

QFT.

Once I get the money, I may actually buy this car. Although, by the time I have money, there will probably be alternatives, so who knows!

 

[Bob_Marley]

meh, still not as impressive as this:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4237853.html?series=19

Wheres the bloody boot?

At least I can put my shopping in that German creation.

 

[Kyorisu]

Right here:

 

[Cavalry]

Right here:

still ugly...

Looks worse actually...

 

[Pesmerga]

I'd take that over my 96 Taurus anyday.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

That thing looks bad in a good way.

 

[Dog--]

Guess they can't make a fuel efficient car without it looking like a big fag-mobile...