200mpg+ VW

[shwak23]

www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/02/21/261-mpg-volkswagen-xl1-on-sale-this-year/?intcmp=obinsite

Kinda neat. Kinda pricey though.
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[theman53]

Think what could be done with an ALH transplant. But 100,000.00 is a steal. I will probably own at least 4...lol.

[bbob203]

Think what could be done with an ALH transplant. But 100,000.00 is a steal. I will probably own at least 4...lol.

Been thinking tdi hybrid could be done pretty easily with a synchro/Quattro/ 4motion probably wagon for room. Batteries and electric motor running rear diff charged off engine etc. hardest part is setting up computer to tell it all what to do.

[libbydiesel]

261 MPG is cool.  $100,000 isn't.  You can buy 25,000 gallons of diesel for $100,000.  If you bought that car instead of a diesel rabbit for $1000 you'd have the car paid off in fuel savings after driving about seven and a half MILLION MILES!!    

[mystery3]

The pricing hasn't been announced yet?

Whatever the cost comparing a new crazy hybrid diesel vehicle to a $1000 mkI is like comparing apples to elephants. What does a 50mpg lexus ct cost?

[libbydiesel]

 

[libbydiesel]

Here's the 10th paragraph:

The negative aspect to all this is cost. The XL1 is unlikely to be built in large numbers, and What Car estimates a cost as high as $100,000 or more.

Yes, you're right.  Comparing the XL1 to a Mk1 is a bit of apples to oranges.  Still, the big selling point is the fuel economy and at $100,000+ purchase price with weight and power on par with a mk1 1.6TD I think the comparison is a good one.  

[8v-of-fury]

I'd love to spend $100,000 on my mk1...........

[ORCoaster]

OK so we have MK1s that don't quite get the mileage then new one does, nor is a slippery.  But I would so sell it for half of that.

[8v-of-fury]

The 80's/90's VW diesel will FOREVER be known as that 50mpg car