The Hoax Car Thread

[Frank Lee]

I thought it might be fun and edjikashunnal to get all the purported high fuel economy hoax cars in one spot... and if a car so designated is proven to be real, so much the better!

To start the list (in no particular order) (pics to follow...):

1. Neil Young's LincVolt

2. Doug Palmear's HP2e

3. The Shell Economy Ralley Opel

4. Those turbine Hummers

[silverinsight2]

'Sayin this was a hoax Frank?



Big Oil conspiracy! 376 mpg Opel uncovered! at Hemmings Blog – Classic and collectible cars and parts

How about a 244mpg Fiat?

http://59fiattestcar.webs.com/

[Patrick]

Chevy Volt. 230 MPG? BWAAAHAHAHAHA!

[dcb]

Originally Posted by silverinsight2

'Sayin this was a hoax Frank?

He was the first one to suggest a reasonable explanation that I know of:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post117979

[Piwoslaw]

If you ask the guys at my local Peugeot forum, a 307sw that claims to do 1660km on one tank is a hoax.

[jusnicho]

Ah opel. So sad

[NeilBlanchard]

The Inflatable XP car?

[Patrick]

Carl Tilley's "free energy" DeLorean: Investors win $26M award against Tilleys

[Frank Lee]

Ha ha, "Pure Energy Systems"... should be "Pure B.S. Systems". I've seen them before... that's where "out of the box" hails from, and some other doof... it'll come to me eventually...

[euromodder]

This one is fast becoming a hoax - despite the running prototype hardware.
Excellent idea when launched, then managed into oblivion.

They would have sold like hot cakes in 2008-2009 !


Free business advice :

Launch the idea and build it, sell it.
Start working on different spin-offs when money starts flowing in.