VERY cool new cars

[KvHagedorn]

Loremo

157 mpg for the economy model!

[KvHagedorn]

87mpg for the "sporty" version..

I suppose the unit measurement l/100km makes things easier to visualize for those accustomed to metric, but conversion to mpg is a pain. The formula is 235.2146/x.

[Tjalfe]

looks cute, but there is no way I can fit in one of those comfortably

[Brian Ellis]

87mpg for the "sporty" version..

I suppose the unit measurement l/100km makes things easier to visualize for those accustomed to metric, but conversion to mpg is a pain. The formula is 235.2146/x.

The USA being out of step with the rest of the world again? A much more sensible unit of consumption would be apothecary's drachms/furlong, wouldn't it? At least l/100 km is a linear unit. If you have two cars with consumption of 1.5 l/100 km and 15 l/100 km respectively, you know one consumes 10 times as much juice as the other going drom A to B. If you express it in mpg (157 and 15.7 respectively) the figure goes down as the consumption rises, which is counter-intuitive.

I love the Imperial linear measurements, they are so simple:
1 statute mile =

0.33333333 leagues
0.86897624 UK nautical mile
0.86842105 international nautical mile
7.3333 cables
8 furlongs
44 bolts
52.8 Gunter's chains
80 Ramden's chains
264 ropes
320 Rods, poles or perches
880 fathoms
1760 yards
2112 paces
3520 cubits
5279.9894 US survey feet
5280 imperial feet
8000 Gunter's links
7040 spans
15840 hands
21120 palms
63360 inches
760323 lines

So why use anything as complicated as metres and km, cm, mm?

[Brian Ellis]

Loremo

157 mpg for the economy model!

I'd simply love a 2 cyl diesel throbbing just behind my lug-holes and behind the passengers', as well, as they sit arsey-warsey. Notice no aircon available for that greenhouse. I may be an environmentalist, but not to that point, when it can get to over 45 deg C here in summer

[Jon P. Inghram]

My car doesn't have AC either, and neither the driver or passenger side windows roll down anymore. Summer is always fun.

[MultimediaMan]

It's odd the diesel thing came up:

I know one of our local lawn service people; he uses a tank of seed/fertilizer/weed-killer which is dispensed through a pump which is powered by a small engine... this year I couldn't hear the engine so I walked over and asked him what he had changed. He showed me his new direct injection diesel powered pump. It is a two cylinder jobbie which you could barely hear at 10 feet. The pump was noisier than the engine. Diesels have come a long way since the 80's and 90's.

[VJ]

They look cute, but I find it odd that the rear passengers sit facing the wrong way.

I wonder what fuel consumption you'll get with an air conditioning on. I mean, the engines are low in power, and an airconditioning takes a bit out of it.


Jörg

[JTD]

I know this was just a protoype, but how about Opel Eco-Speedster from 2002:

http://www.autointell.com/News-2002/October-2002/October-2002-1/October-02-02-p5.htm

It has a 1,3L turbo diesel engine putting out 82kw (112 hp), has a top speed of 250 km/h and still only uses 2,5 L / 100 km under normal driving.

Diesel engines have come along way and is very advanced and powerfull today (i'm driving a diesel my self, so i know ).

[JTD]

1 statute mile =

0.33333333 leagues
0.86897624 UK nautical mile
0.86842105 international nautical mile
7.3333 cables
8 furlongs
44 bolts
52.8 Gunter's chains
80 Ramden's chains
264 ropes
320 Rods, poles or perches
880 fathoms
1760 yards
2112 paces
3520 cubits
5279.9894 US survey feet
5280 imperial feet
8000 Gunter's links
7040 spans
15840 hands
21120 palms
63360 inches
760323 lines

That's just scary!!!

[KvHagedorn]

wonder what mileage this contraption gets..

[az]

Is that a Kabinenroller?

[MultimediaMan]

Nope, that is a Messerschmitt Tiger. This is the 4 wheel version of the KR200 reversed trike...

[az]

So I was almost right

[Mehen]

looks cute, but there is no way I can fit in one of those comfortably

exactly what I thought when I first saw it, instantly felt pain in my neck - would it really be that hard for them to bump up the roof just a little? I'm sure the aerodynamics/mpg wouldn't suffer that much