China launches $600 car that will get 258 mpg
 

I cant confirm this one so reposted it here
This $600 car is no toy and is ready
to be released in China next year.

The single seater aero car totes
VW (Volkswagen) branding.

Volkswagen did a lot of very highly
protected testing of this car in Germany,
but it was not announced until now where
the car would make its first appearance

The car was introduced at the VW stockholders meeting
as the most economical car in the world is presented.
The initial objective of the prototype was to prove that 1
liter of fuel could deliver 100 kilometers of travel.

Spartan interior doesn't sacrifice safety.

The aero design proved essential
to getting the desired result.
The body is 11.4 feet long and just 4.1 feet
wide, and a little over a 3.2 feet high.
The prototype was made completely of
carbon fiber and is not painted to save weight.

The power plant is a one cylinder
diesel, positioned ahead of the rear axle
and combined with an automatic shift
controlled by a knob in the interior.

Safety was not compromised as the impact and roll-over
protection is comparable to the GT racing cars.


The Most Economic Car in the
World will be on sale next year:

Better than Electric Car !!! 258
miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai

This is a single-seat car.
From conception to production: 3 years and
the company is headquartered in Hamburg , Germany .
It will be selling for 4000 Yuan, equivalent to US $600.
Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons
Speed = 74.6 Miles/hour
Fuel efficiency = 258 miles/gallon
Travel distance with a full tank = 404 miles

hmm, looks like the 1L pictured in snopes :) $600, lol
New Single-Seat Volkswagen - snopes.com

If true and all
 

The true cost upon our US shore will still end up over 5k!
Ya cant even get a used running moped for that money in reality.

Got that email a while back, all untrue...

Seems to good to be true, but I wish it was.

$600? I think someone misplaced a couple of zeros.

regards
Mech

Oh Good Lord.

This reminded me of that other super-aerodynamic car from a while back that I heard got 300 MPG which more than one seat I think, And they never got the concept car into production. Which one was that?

Oh and a car of that size could indeed fit in my bedroom.

Even if it would be $600 in china would it be $2,000 minimum in America?

I've gotten this as Email spam, but I thought that EM has better fact checking, at least make sure there is a source.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sounds like Super Replicas and their $49K Bugattis Veyrons
 

Save your pennies and order up a McLaren F1...

Extensive scam; Tanner Faust CEO, Chip Foose-affiliated and TopGear-endorsed.

Meet The Internet Frauds Who Want To Sell You A Top Gear-Endorsed $49,000 Bugatti