http://autos.yahoo.com/auto-shows/frankfurt_auto_show_2009/1106/Volkswagen-L1-Concept Now THAT's impressive. Here's a slideshow.
That's all well and good, but I'm not going to care until it's on the market at an affordable price (< 20K). It'll probably be even more unaffordable than Chevy's Volt...
That thing looks like a kid on a Big Wheel could cause it damage. How safe is that going to be on a highway?
Perfectly fine unless someone hits you, then you probably need to wtfo, because you could get sent flying. I don't see this thing coming stateside any time soon, unless there is a bit of a re-design. Cars are already smaller and lighter in Europe so it wouldn't be as big of a transition there.
I don't know, but I followed a friend home one night that had a berand-spankin new VW-Bug, complete with the stooooopid flower holder. Anywho, it was amusing to me how th brake lights danced all over the damn place. I finally passed her only to see her headlights bouncing around just as much, almost like they were mounted on springs. Don't know what happened, VW engineers used to be some of the very best in the world
and by headlights you mean......we;re still talking about the car right? I know what you mean though about the VW engineers back in the day. That old beetle from the 70s never broke down
That's funny. As I was typing it, I figured either Opie or Nabo were gonna jump om that. As I dwelved deeper into the car, the entire nose and tail clips are made of very very pliable plastic. Not even fiberglass but plastic. Only a matter of time till fasteners start pulling right through that stuff
Guys, the article is short. This is not the final design; it is a two-seater, inline - driver in front, passenger in back. It isn't the way it'll come to market So when it's put into production, it will have a more familiar, consumer-friendly configuration.
240MPG is all good and well but they don't even mention the most important criteria in any serious car purchase. How many cup holders and will at least 1 of the cup holders handle a super slurpee??? And even worse they are completely ignoring the psycho killer demographic. You'd have a hard time getting a body in that trunk. Side note it is interesting about the enclosed back wheels. Seems like that would reduce drag but would be a pain in the butt around speed bumps.
Knowing VW it will have more than enough cup holders. My '08 Rabbit has 5 in total and 3 of them are big enough to hold a Super Big Gulp. The other two are a little smaller but hold a venti Starbucks cup with room to spare.
Just heard Bill Maher riff on big gulps; he said if the drink is so big that you don't know if you're burping it or it's burping you - that's too big.