China launches $600 car that will get 258 mpg

[Ryland]

Originally Posted by sendler

They might sell a few at $7000 and it could really get 150 mpgUS at 50 mph.

List price for the real one was first stated to be $17,000, but no one is really making it.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I can't find not even a single-cylinder stationary Diesel in an 8h to 12hp range (brand-new) for 600 bucks...

[elhigh]

Sounds like BS to me. Someone has posted a fraudulent message and pasted in some photos from the original VW prototype runs. Notice the road signs are in German.

And even so, I'd buy one. Not made in China of course, I'm not keen on supporting a slave labor economy, but a super-thrifty little runabout? You bet. Shoot, you could probably roll your own with decent results, it just takes a clapped-out fiberglass canoe flipped over on a recumbent trike and a little Hatz diesel and you're off to the (not very fast) races.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by elhigh

Shoot, you could probably roll your own with decent results, it just takes a clapped-out fiberglass canoe flipped over on a recumbent trike and a little Hatz diesel and you're off to the (not very fast) races.

A trike layout would be good too. I've already considered to make something like that, but using a monocoque made out of fiberglass and plywood.

[botsapper]

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