VW to re-introduce the bubble car?

tc20

Pics below of VW teardrop bubble car, with super economical statistics -

258mpg (0.99l/100km) :eek:
fuel tank capacity: 1.7 gallons
full tank range: 404 miles
Top speed: 74mph

PaddyFagan

Are you refering to this: http://vwgazette.blogspot.com/2007/04/volkswagen-revives-plan-for-200-mpg.html

(It's dated in 2007 and suggests the plan was five years old at that stage!)

Paddy

PS Edited to include the picture:

tc20

thats it Paddy, and thanks for including the pic - i made a monumental balls-up of trying to upload them.
I didnt know the project was that old either...


i'll get me coat

Mailman

At 290KG I could see a lot of these ending up in the back of a Skanger's Ford Transit in just the same way as no Motorcycle is safe. You'd have to padlock it to a lamp post where ever you left it.
Might be the perfect automobile solution in Germany or Japan but not here in Ireland.

Omcd

290Kg + 70 mph + big gust of cross wind... :eek:

L1011

As goes one of the original bubble cars, the Isetta name is going to come back on a very tiny 'BMW' (built by Fiat and sold as a Topolino by them), either 3 or 4 seats, approx. 100mpg but likely weighing 500-600kg and capable of a decent speed. Going to be a further shunted Panda platform.

niceirishfella

looks like a scud missile with wheels on!

colm_mcm

Can't wait for the Skoda version with a bigger boot, or the Audi version which is essentially the same but 10k more expensive, or the SEAT version which will come out 5 years after the Audi version and cost the same as the VW one did in the first place.

The number plate al;so seems to read "wobbly"

Johnny Utah

Yeah, my 3 year old cousin has one himself. It's made by Fisher Price...........

Terrontress

Should have stuck with the Audi A2 3L. Made of aluminium, super light, high efficiency 1.2TDi, 100mpg+ without a worry. More room inside than an A3 or Golf and much more exclusive. LHD only though.