I Found you a more economica Car! only 600 bucks!

Your second article says $25,900 to buy. This a a very narrow 'car', (or very enclosed motorcycle) do not expect good ride comfort. Mind you, with a one cylinder Diesel engine, Noise, Vibration, Harshness is not going to be low any way. (No one knows what engine it has, one article claims a 2 cylinder diesel, but also discusses the price of gas and talks of gas mileage. Some articles claim a 299cc one cylinder diesel)

One bit of confusion, many of the writers are mis-understanding VW terminology. This is a One Liter car as it uses one liter of fuel to go 100 km. (about 62 miles) A Two Liter car would use two liters of fuel to go 100 km. Most Prius tests hover around 5 liters to go 100 km. None of this has anything to do with the size of the engine. You can discount any article claiming it has a one liter engine as at least bewildered.

 

I like what I see but wouldn't be caught in one of those for anywhere near $25K. I might spend $5K on one though as a commuter (but I have a pretty short commute).

 

I believe it's a 2-seater (tandem, like a motorcycle). And from looking at the specs, $25K is probably what it would need to sell for if built in Germany, considering the carbon fiber tub and level of finish seen in the pics. I doubt the wheels, tires and suspension components, even at manufacturer prices, would be under $600 - let alone the powerplant and chassis/tub. Even with Chinese labor and being sold locally in China to avoid overseas shipping charges, it would require government subsidization (which it may well get).

They *might* be able to get it down near the Smart in price with sufficient quantity and Chinese manufacture, but they will never be able to equal the Tata Nano - the material costs and parts count are simply not in the same league.

 

600 hahah a joke.

 

Funny! I wonder if they got -anything- right. Love that it has a -Diesel- engine but the fuel tank holds a few litres of -gasoline-! I wonder how that works!

Note that while the journalist thinks a GT racing car is safe, it wouldn't meet ANY street legal crash test! They put too much stress on the occupants in an accident. But maybe in China....

 

Oh no... They say they won't paint the car to make it lighter to save gas... I hope Toyota is not hearing this... the ridiculously light and cheap Prius interior is already bad, can you imagine if Toyota stop painting the Prius as well?

 

I thought they came out with a newer concept version.

 

a more economica car
but is it more environmental then it can be.

 

Maybe before the volatiles leave as it dries. After, probably half? I gain and loose that much over a big lunch!

 

Some comic songwriter of the 60's (Tom Lehrer??????)--back when Cadillacs were $6,000 had a line about a new all-electric car:
"The car only costs 80 dollars or so/
But the extension cord costs seven-oh-oh-oh.