GPWizard F1 Forum
Everything Else => General Automotive => Topic started by: Wizzo on March 05, 2006, 08:29:43 AM
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Any of you saving up for a Toyota Prius ::) will be interested to know that this Loremo concept might triple your karma points for half the price.
The German-designed car’s super light chassis, tiny diesel engine and slippery shape give it a claimed fuel consumption of over 188mpg :o That’s roughly three times that of the electric-petrol hybrid Toyota, which theoretically achieves 65.7mpg.
(http://httP://www.gpwizard.co.uk/images/greencar.jpg)
What more could you want? Well there is a couple of negatives:
- Loremo says weight was an important issue to achieving a high MPG.......To keep weight down, the car has no doors. The front two seats are accessed by hinging the whole front of the car up. Two rear-facing passengers climb in through the boot!
- Loremo says that the lightweight chassis and aerodynamic body give the car a sporty feel.......... It has about the power of two 125cc scooters, gets you to sixty in 20 seconds.
Loremo have promised a much faster GT version of the car.........there goes the MPG then! ::)
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wizard you can hardly talk i dont think a 650i is eco friendly...wot do we think people? ;)
max mosely would be doing his nut!
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agreed - hardly eco friendly, and not eye friendly either !!! ;)
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hardly a role model is he?
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Hang on a mo! Wheres this going?
Coming from somebody with 7 cars on their drive and somebody who drinks petrol for breakfast, the words kettle, pot and black spring to mind. ;)
This is an F1 website hardly the place to criticise fuel economy :D
Anyway I only drink spring water, surely that counts for something? ;D
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indeed Vanquish, hardly a fit role model - and I wasn't aware that you had 7 cars on the drive and drank petrol for breakfast ..... ;)
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Since when did you drink spring water in your tea? ;)
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yh 7 cars but still no go kart eh? wizard?
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Now look ere you lot.
I only have won wittle car that I potter about in. Mainly delivering meals on wheels and other charity work. It's all in a good cause.
Donations welcome ;)