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Originally Posted by elhigh
RE what Neil was saying about the original VW 1L - I remember reading the article where they described the prototype and how the chairman of VW drove it over 100km to a meeting. He didn't baby it, said it plugged right along at 110-120kph. That's about 75mph, not bad at all.
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Quick acceleration will require good gear ratios. Small displacement diesels being relatively torquey but also narrow RPM range, that is tuned for high FE mean that it won't be quick.
If Phil's estimate is close, then it will also be very similar to the VW L1 in another important way, as well.