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  • The Loremo: Never before has something German sipped so little (188mpg!)

    06/05/2007 4:24:51 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 30 replies · 668+ views
    Auto Blog ^ | June 4, 2007
    Simple, clever, fun. That's the philosophy behind the vehicle you see pictured above, the Loremo (pronounced lo-ray-mo which is short for Low Resistance Mobile). Of course, there's nothing simple about designing and building a car, but there has certainly been a large need for cleverness to meet our current standard of "fun". Don't let the picture fool you. There's nothing really new here, aside from the impressive 50g/km CO2 figure. This car achieves its high level of fuel efficiency by taking current fuel-saving methods to a level almost beyond reason. A main part of this is weight saving. Every part...