Subject: $600.00 VW car, lets all get one But will there be room for groceries?
This is not a joke and they do sell for $600.00 in China; they won't be able to make them fast enough--be good just to run around town.
Here's a car that will get you back and forth to work on the cheap.......
$600 for the car.
258 miles per gallon...
Only a one-seater, however
Talk about cheap transportation .......
Volkswagen's $600 car gets 258 mpg -- It looks like Ford, Chrysler
and GM missed the boat again!
China launches $600 car that will get 258mpg
This $600 car is no toy and is ready to be released in China next year.
The single seater aero car totes VW (Volkswagen) branding.
Volkswagen did a lot of very highly protected testing of this car in Germany,
but it was not announced until now where the car would make it's first appearance.
The car was introduced at the VW stockholders meeting as the most
economical car in the world is presented.
The initial objective of the prototype was to prove that 1 liter of fuel could
deliver 100 kilos of travel.
Spartan interior doesn't sacrifice safety
The aero design proved essential to getting the desired result.
The body is 3.47 meters long and just 1.25 meters wide, and a little over
a meter high. The prototype was made completely of carbon fiber and
is not painted to save weight.
The power plant is a one cylinder diesel positioned ahead of the rear
axle and combined with an automatic shift controlled by a knob in the interior.
Safety was not compromised as the impact and roll-over protection is
comparable to the GT racing cars.
The Most Economic Car in the World will be on sale next year:
Better than Electric Car – 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 iin Shanghai
This is a single seated car
From conception to production: 3 years and the company is headquartered in Hamburg , Germany ..
Will be selling for 4000 Yuan, equivalent to US $600..
Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons
Speed = 62 – 74.6 Miles/hour
Fuel efficiency = 258 miles/gallon
Travel distance with a full tank = 404 miles
[*-*] Replaces the "Bug"...now for a name!
The CHINESE version is $600. The US version will have a $1,000 5mph bumper in front and another in the rear, a $400 three point seat belt, a $100 third brake light, a $1,500 air bag, be unloaded at the port of entry by union workers (add $341), shipped by union truckers (add $442), sold by dealerships accustomed to making a 300% profit (add $1,800). Before it can roll out the dealership door, $3,417 in federal, state, county and city taxes will be added on to the price making your "out the door" cost $10,600.
Is Volkswagen really selling this car for $600?
www.ucan.org/gasoline_aut...on_really_selling_car_600