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Volkswagen: From Supercar to Superfrugal
Reports coming out this week have been confirming that Volkswagen are planning to release a super-frugal car capable of 1L/100km (235mpg) by as early as 2010.
Its body will be constructed from plastic and magnesium and its power source will be a one-cylinder engine displacing just 0.3L using direct injection and constructed from aluminum to save weight.
Even with such a small engine, which is tipped to displace less than 0.3L, the car should be able to reach speeds of up to 120km/h thanks to its super-slippery drag coefficient of 0.159. Top speed would be around 120km/h and fuel consumption around the 1L/100km mark.
As outrageous as the idea of a 1L/100km car sounds, it should be remembered that this is the company that everyone laughed at when when they proposed a 746kw (1,001-hp), 8.0-liter, 16-cylinder Bugatti-badged supercar capable of 400km/h (252mp/h) but they did it and by all reports have done it well.
The Bugatti Veyron supercar:
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