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Engine Specific Info and Questions => Non VW Group Diesel => Topic started by: VWRacer on April 11, 2006, 07:44:41 pm

Title: 157 MPG TD from Germany
Post by: VWRacer on April 11, 2006, 07:44:41 pm

No, it's not a Volkswagen. The Loremo LS is a minimalist 4-seater which gets 150+ MPG from its 2-cyl turbodiesel. No word on if it will be sold in North America, but the base price is only $13,200 in Europe at today's conversion rate.

Move over, gas guzzlers!  :lol:

Loremo website (http://www.loremo.com/index_en.php)

Title: 157 MPG TD from Germany
Post by: shwartzbewithyou on April 12, 2006, 09:42:56 am

Kinda cool

Title: 157 MPG TD from Germany
Post by: fspGTD on April 12, 2006, 01:32:48 pm

That thing's sweet.  For comparison purposes, I wonder what fuel economy a Smart CDI gets?

Title: 157 MPG TD from Germany
Post by: VWRacer on April 12, 2006, 06:43:27 pm

IIRC, I think I read that the Smart CDI gets about 90 mpg. Not bad, but not in the the 150-range.

Anybody got a more reliable number?

Title: 157 MPG TD from Germany
Post by: HarryMann on October 17, 2006, 04:32:58 pm

Got to be the combination of low weight + very low aerod drag, and as well all know  :wink:

small engines running unthrottled at full torque are producing their best specific consumptions (as a broad approximation to the facts)  :P

Whether this will really take off or not is the question...  :?: peeps are still buying big SUVs and 4x4s here in the UK - just for running the kids to school - a sort of over-protectionism gone mad, together with status and I have to admit, ease of getting in and out of them.

Mind you, these and equivalents from other marques have become very popular too over here...

http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/vx/vxfilter/vxfilter.do?method=getBodyStylesList

Dinky little things that sit upright, but are small and give great mpg