VW to build 1L car.

yesplease · Fission Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2270

Back to the future, eh? Wink

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idiom · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

He raises a fun point. A lot of Fibre resins are Oil based and cost a ton.

I wonder what will bring the cost of carbon fibre so far?

yesplease · Fission Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2270

Maybe it's related to patent "costs"?
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dorlomin · Light Sweet Crude Joined: Aug 05, 2007 Posts: 1061

Seems pretty pointless to have so expensive a car only to save fuel. Its little more than a posh motorbike.

mos6507 · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

yesplease · Fission Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2270

Zardoz · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:09 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

In the future, the only private vehicles running will be even more extreme than the 1L. This is only a good start.

Look for even more radical ultra-streamlined single-seat commuter cars to begin appearing within six or eight years. In fifteen years they could comprise half the vehicles on the road.
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heroineworshipper · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

Hamsters now have more jobs than auto workers.
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jlw61 · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:33 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

Unless it can be considered a motorcycle, I doubt it will be allowed on US roads. More's the pity... but at least the price falls within the realm of the possible.
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Revi · Fusion Joined: Apr 25, 2005 Posts: 3233 Location: Maine

It's about a good as the Aptera. I think I would rather have an Aptera, because it's a completely new idea in a car.

Since the Aptera is a three wheeler it's legal to drive as a motorcycle.

http://www.aptera.com/
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yesplease · Fission Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2270

It could be on US roads w/ funky looking 5mph bumpers, or whatever that standard requires. AFAIK most cars in Europe could meet US crash standards, it's just that the cost of crash/emissions testing is too much to consider bringing an econobox with low margins over. At least that's how it seemed to be in the past.
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the48thronin · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:39 am Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

yesplease · Fission Joined: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2270

Is that yours!?
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GASMON · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject: Re: VW to build 1L car.

Many years ago a neighbour had one of these, A BMW Isetta bubble car. 236cc 2 stroke. The British cars had right-hand drive with the door hinged from the right hand side of the car and the steering column moved across to the right as well. Right-hand drive meant that the driver AND the engine were on the same side, so a 60 lb (27 kg) counterweight was added to the left side to compensate.

Those were the days, LOADS of fun !!!!!!

Gasmon
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