Comments for VW Will Sell a 200 MPG Car in 2010 at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 77 out of 20 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:24:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-44789 Well, its almost 2012, and still no 100 mpg car. Like most stuff in the ether, its all hot air. - Geoff Hills Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:59:33 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-43304 u will have paid the same total as a normal car at end of its life. I go buy a toyota corolla from 1984 for 500 GBP rides 30.000km/year at 2000 pounds worth of gasoline. After 15 years of driving the total is about the same. Whats the point... get a real price tag - dont just shuffle the expenses around a little.. - Nicolai Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:59:26 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-42066 What if you could get that same type of mileage with your own car and capture all the exhaust as well? - Rod Morley Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:39:15 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-41990 Please go take a look at the old Tiger 300's and tell me if you see where the L1 came from... The design does need to go to a three wheel configuration (for the sake of avoiding red tape). Change the power plant from a 1000cc diesel (very popular in Europe) to maybe the 750cc BMW triple (gas fuel). I too have asked VW North America many times about this car only to receive a polite brush off. Watcha think, torsion beetle front end, m/c engine, glider body and a shade tree... - Gomez Addams Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:44:07 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-41087 But where is it? Please don't pull the rug out from under us, VW!:) - acgates Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:58:41 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-40140 blah, blah, blah, the technology is already there, always talk but when are we going to get one here in US.? - Bill Hates Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:52:03 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-40060 There is always all this hype about revolutionary cars, and they almost never materialize. Yes, we should still pursue the next big thing, but we also need to focus on changes we can make today. - earthgarage Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:20:35 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-40047 I personally like both of the cars. I drive a motorcycle just about everywhere. It get 45 mpg compared to my Avalanche that get 16 mpg. I would drive either one of these cars in a second. - Ron Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:15:30 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-38949 so much for tesla motor car company, looks like barry came to the rescue, will olan become the car barron, excuse me, czar - jackie cox Wed, 05 May 2010 05:23:52 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-38894 Dude, what we need is not a thousand 200mpg cars, we need 20 million 50mpg cars. This should be obvious to everyone. Just crank 'em out, that's double the current fleet averages, and is enough to radically affect the price of oil. - Johnboy Sun, 02 May 2010 01:56:36 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-38815 Ha! It's in the dumpster underneath the Chrysler building. Fa geddabout it. - dean conger Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:20:27 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-38813 GM, Ford etc. are going to pay VW beau coup bucks NOT to make this car. As they have in the past. Why make the world a better place when making a profit is more important? As for the comment about "why didn't the US auto industry start working on more fuel efficient cars after the oil shocks of the '70s", see answer above. You people wanted your SUVs and the city-fomerly-known-as-Detroit said "Yeah, baby!" - dean conger Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:16:54 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-37980 Would be amazing but, as its been said, until it is actually out there its largely irrelevant - Skyler Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:54:31 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-37510 I WOULD LOVE ONE, MAYBE TWO OF THIS L 1, BUT DOUBT THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD EVER ALLOW ONE THIS EFFICIENT TO BE SOLD HERE. I DO GET 44 PLUS MPG HIGHWAY ON MY CAMRY HYBRID. MUCH WORSE IN TOWN, SO THI L 1 WOULD BE GREAT TO DO ERRANDS AROUND TOWN AND FOR SHORT TRIPS BY MYSELF! - SARA Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:56:29 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-37088 I want one of these cars!!!! When are they going to be available in the United States? and I'm sure they will jack up the prices!!!! It will cost more than $600 they more than likely jack the price to $6000.00 I hope its affordable for all americans lets give it to the oil people!!!! - Jeff Kissler Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:14:08 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-36229 I love it! I drive 18 miles each way to work and take the back way to avoid tolls and because I like riding my motorcycles. One is a vintage bike and I never get over 55 MPH on the route I take. This would give something to drive in the rain and cold weather. How much?:) - Bob Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:31:50 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-36197 This looks like a great affordable car, but does it have a stereo system like a CD player???? - Robert Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:02:38 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-35617 Why can't we get the politics out of putting new car designs on the road, people? The VW L-1 is an example of a beautiful, simple and perfect commuter car. If it ever is actually sold in the U.S. it will, no doubt, just be morphed into just another big, fast, ugly, air conditioned, fully equipped, low-mileage, piece of crap like everything else marketed. Let's start the REVOLUTION and demand an alternative! - Bob Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:35:50 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-35288 Notice the latest articles saying release of the L1 has been pushed to 2013? They turned it into a HYBRID car!! They also blunted the front end and took away the aerodynamic streamlining! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/vw-l1-hybrid-most-efficie_n_291257.html - Asian_Al_Sharpton Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:55:53 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/automobiles/1617#comment-33820 Can you imagne a world that had an automotive industry as up to date as the electronice industry? Where new technology was put into production and made availale to the public imidiatly. Now holding back high milage engines, or alternative fuel ideas. Imagin a world where the Gasonline engine was never invented and we drove electric vehicles whith photovoltaic paint that constantly absorbed energy from the sun and recharged super eficiant leighweight batteries that took up half as much room as a conventional gas motor and fuel tank. Imagine a world using this same technology to gather and store energy for our houses, office building shoping malls etc. No more grid to conect to. No More power bill. No more fosile fuel. Cone shaped windmills would be decorate the roofs of every house. Their bewildering paint scheme creating beautiful visuale affects when spinning in the lightest breeze. Imagine a worl of superlight velocars and a society of healthy athletic people who commute daily under their own power. Imagine a world like this and ask yourself...........Why Not? :) Dont let the automotive industry dictate to you what you want. If you want high milage cars then demand highmilage cars. No more compromises. This country has compromised itself into government controled Poverty. It is time for a REVOLUTION !!! - Andrew Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:05:58 +0100