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Originally Posted by Unheard
They are not without faults.
The hydraulics is some what the achilles heel in this car.
The whole gear shift system never made it into any other cars as VW moved on to DSG but what was learnt form the 3L was the starting block for making DSG a workable reality.
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Dunno if your reference "hydraulics" also meant to include the auto transmission, but the Lupo and A2 3L versions have been plagued with transmission problems.
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Noting like the 3L will ever be replicated again and sold to the consumer it was basically a concept car that made it into production as a real world eco R&D project.
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The new Polo Bluemotion comes very close in fuel consumption (3.3 L/100 km versus 3L/100km for the Lupo), though it's a lot bigger and far safer.