Comments on: Fuel Mileage – How High Can It Go?

By: coyar

coyar — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:48:11 +0000

what about the Opel Eco Speedster http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/the-opel-eco-speedster.php

Or even the 1.3LCDI Corsa. I drove one of these in Ireland for 650 miles over a week and still had 1/4 of a 10gal tank left. Why wont GM bring that car or at least engine to the US? it would get 100mpg in a properly geared Diesel/electric Hybrid

By: mpg-o-editor

mpg-o-editor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:25:32 +0000

@Ron – There’s a good chance that the Comcast article is referring to the upcoming tiny BMW Isetta and its twin, the Fiat Topolino.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/225675/the_100mpg_fuel_busters.html

By: Ron Dreher

Ron Dreher — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:17:49 +0000

I recently read on the Comcast Web page that BMW will have a 100 MPG car on the street by 2010 in Europe. I check with BMW dealers in Vt and they do not know if that story is true. Why would Comcast show a story if it was not true. Does anyone have the true followup on this story?

By: Hybrid

Hybrid — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:56:42 +0000

An experienced hybrid driver can easily best the MPG Taylor achieved. Take a look at this:

http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17691

By: Dana

Dana — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:23:52 +0000

WOW…. you must’ve been on one heck of a flat road to get those numbers…. or not. I just can’t wait till my engine is properly broken in. Then I can switch from my lead foot…. hahaha.

By: Normand Miron

Normand Miron — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:42:18 +0000

Extreme MPG like the 58.82 the Taylor achieved is amazing, but not as impossible to reach for the average driver as we may think. My pal Louis-Alain got a quite respectable 56 MPG with the new Jetta TDI Clean Diesel by cruising at an ecodriven speed of 64 Miles/hour on a 161 miles ride. Read his post right here: http://www.tdicurious.ca/2008/10/quebec-city-to-montreal-tdi-style/