Good to see carmakers getting their act together.
I’m not sure what the American carmakers are going to do but I'm glad that Volkswagen has been working on a 235 mpg car, the up! and the Lupo (that will get over 100 MPG).

Even Fiat and BMW look like they are going to join the 100 MPG car club over the next few years. Fiat is going to call theirs the Topolino and BMW the Isetta.

I'll have to see what everyone else is up to. I hope all these cars will finally be available to us yanks for once! With hybrids, clean diesels and electrics all coming to market, these are exciting times to be alive.

JCE
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How does this compare to the Fiat Topolino?
JCE
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Yes you are correct; the Lupo (at least the one that used to be sold in the UK) has always been smaller than the Polo. The Polo and the Gol are more Golf size.
I’m not sure that I think it should replace the Gol as the new small family car in North, Central and South America. Both cars could have a place here. I know in Costa Rica they could sure use a smaller more economical car for driving around the city. And ugly as it is, I’d love to have the ability to drive a small car like that to and from work (and are run errands).
JCE
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When you consider that India and China will be using most, if not all of the oil produced in the world in the not too distant future, these two cars are really good step in the right direction. The fossil fuel supply crisis will only end when all of the fossil fuel supplies are gone.

The one liter three wheeled car would be classified as a motorcycle and therefore would be a lot cheaper to insure and drive.

I’ve been driving my VW beetle TDI since 1999 when I bought it new. Diesel cost a lot less per gallon than regular gas until 2004 and I’ve always gotten in the upper forties MPG (combined city and highway driving). Lately I’ve been going a little slower and I’ve been getting over 55 miles per gallon. I can drive over 800 miles on each tank of fuel. The car’s a great car. It is not a tiny car and has good pickup with the stick. I can haul my wife and kids and luggage and be quite comfortable at the same time.

Even though all these new ones are a bit smaller, since most of my driving is to work in back or for errands, either one would be just fine for me. I just hope they actually make them available to us (and not for everyone else but us).

JCE
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