$600 Car that Gets 258 MPG

notoriouslyconservative.com ^ | 07 06 09 | Notoriously Conservative

[Notoriously Conservative]

What if you could buy a car for yourself, one for your spouse, and one for each of your kids, and still spend way less than you would on one average new car? Well, if you lived in China you could.

This is not a toy, not a concept car. It is a newly developed single seat car in highly aerodynamic tear-shape road-proven real car. It is ready to be launched as a single-seater for sale in Shanghai in 2010 for a mere RMB 4,000 (US$600)!

Interested? Wait till you learn that it will cruise at 100-120 Km/Hr with an unbelievable 0.99litre/100Km (258 miles/gallon) !!

Impressed? Totally, after you have read all the details below about the hi-tech and space-age material input into this car!!!

The Most Economic Car in the World will be on sale next year

Better than Electric Car – 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai

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

[Notoriously Conservative]

http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/07/600-car-that-gets-258-mpg.html

[Reddy]

Cute, but is it safe?

[MortMan]

And a no-star safety rating from consumer reports.

[Jolla]

If it is designed by VW I may have some faith in it, looks like a great commuter car, much less space on the road, half the parking space, as well as excellent gas mileage. Having said that, I would not go 60 mph in it.

[ExGeeEye]

Don’t worry— the safety nannies will make sure that neither this nor any multi-passenger deriviative gets to the US market.

[Lazamataz]

Why not? Think of it as a motorcycle with a slight layer of tin as additional protection.

[ShadowAce]

Cute, but is it safe?

Not if the license plate is any indicator...

[FreeSouthernAmerican]

Oh wow!!! Look its the new car Obama plans on having us drive.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This is the go-cart that Government Motors is going to build and Obama is going to force us to buy.

[Danae]

That thing would not even be a speed bump for a semi truck.

[Domandred]

USA price once the .gov gets all their various regulations into it? $35,000

USA fuel consumption after the .gov gets their hands on it? 35.8 mpg.

[HerrBlucher]

Its cute but can you eat peanuts with it?

[RabidBartender]

LOL - nice catch.

[dead]

I'd be happy to pay $600 bucks for that, as long as it wasn't government mandated.

As for the low safety rating, I intend not to crash.

[spunkets]

"258 miles/gallon"

BS!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Yeah, and they’ll bounce right off his armor-plated Cadillac.

[mefistofelerevised]

BTTT. The local Ford dealership guys told me that some of the smog regulations in California make vehicles get worse milage. I believe it.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“As for the low safety rating, I intend not to crash.”

Good answer! As the driver of a (larger but still) small car, I’ll have to use this one next time someone asks me if I’m worried about getting killed in that little thing.

[the long march]

Oh goody another chance to get run over by large tractor-trailer rigs and jacked up trucks. Just what I need. This looks like a mortorcycle or recumbent bike with a large cowling. The lap of luxury don’t ya know. Can anyone say YUGO?

[mefistofelerevised]

It looks like it’s made out of plastic