Comments on: VW Readies Mass-Market Hybrids Based on 261-MPG Model

By: hightech346

hightech346 — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:45:24 +0000

Volkswagon has always had very fuel efficent cars in their diesel line up. Small turbo diesel cars are the way to go if you want more MPG’s

By: tapra1

tapra1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:03:56 +0000

but is supposedly headed for Europe sometime in the next few years. The vehicle could get 95 mpg under the European test cycle—equivalent to about 79 mpg in the United States—which is outstanding, even for a small city car.Best UK Hosting

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:34:52 +0000

A Bird in hand is better than 2 in the bush.

Its better if Volkswagen sells a 40 MPG vehicle this year instead of promising 260 MPG vehicle in 2013.

Ofcourse they sell Diesel's with 40 MPG but they carry $4K premium and without subsidies, may not get their ROI.

Ford Focus Hatch which gives 40 MPG and costs around 19K with Automatic should be much better option for now. And also the Insight which starts at 18.2K and gives 43 MPG.

By: lindab

lindab — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:31:56 +0000

What do you mean “the current Toyota Prius model generates 104 g/km”, are you from the distant past

By: David Zatz

David Zatz — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:22:06 +0000

While the gallon itself may not need to be converted, esp if you are going from 100km/liter to m/g (mpg), the test cycles are very, very different and will yield substantially different results even with an identical powertrain. For an illustration, compare the results of the same US car pre/post 2008 testing regimen... or before/after other changes in the US test. Or compare a car's Canadian mpg to its USA mpg... adjusting in this case from Imperial gallons.

Some of the issues involved are how many cold starts are included, how cold the starts are (60 F, 20F, etc), top speeds reached, time taken to reach highway speed (is acceleration fast or slow), whether a/c is used, how long a/c is on, etc. The faster you drive (past around 40-60 mph), for many cars, the lower mileage will be, especially if gearing is acceleration-oriented. Warmup time varies. A/C parasitic losses vary.

By: DownUnder

DownUnder — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:47:49 +0000

As usbseawolf said, British gallon is different from US gallon.
Even same car, same engine, same test, same fuel, the UK MPG is definitely different from the US MPG (1 UK gallon = 1.2 US gallon).
Fortunately, a litre in Europe is the same as a litre in US or Asia or Africa or Antartica : )

By: Niset guy

Niset guy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 09:03:28 +0000

FYI

1 gallon = 3.8 liters
1 mile = 1.6Kilometers
1euro = 1.36 $

In europe we say : how much liters are burned to drive 100 kilometer ; for example 5L per 100 km

In Us, you will say about the same car : 47.5mpg

if a car make 100mpg in US In europe , we will say the car need 2.375L per 100 km

Hope this help

By: Niset guy

Niset guy — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:17:07 +0000

The engine are quite different ( smaller in europe)
the way to calulate is the same;
but as the gas price is a lot more expensive ( almost 7.5$ per gallon) european built car that meet greater mpg

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By: Shines

Shines — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:43:21 +0000

sean t – Toyota may have a formidable competitor except that the earliest these vehicles will be available is 2 years from now. One of these they are saying will be 2020!?! We already know Toyota plans to have a plug in Prius before then. A lot can change in 8 years… So don’t count your chickens before they hatch ; – )