Lupo 3L Once Again Enters Guiness Book of World Records

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From Tex:



The Volkswagen Lupo 3L TDI has once again proved itself as the world’s most fuel efficient production car by setting yet another record. Gerhard Plattner, an Austrian journalist and economy driving expert, has, for the second time this year, entered the Guinness World Records™ Book in a Volkswagen. Earlier this month Plattner covered a distance of 2,910 miles through 20 European countries in a standard Lupo 3L TDI. He achieved his aim of completing this journey – which started in Oslo, Norway and finished in The Hague in The Netherlands – with just 100 euros worth of fuel. In fact, all he required was 90.94 euros, which corresponds to an average consumption of 2.78 litres per 100 km (101.6 mpg).

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[GTI20thAEinDE]

Wow, over 100mpg. That's insane! Of course here in the US, we have no need for such fuel efficiency...we're a bunch of oil wasting kings [img]images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

[RafCarre12]

How large of a gas tank does one of those bad boys have?

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RafCarre12:
How large of a gas tank does one of those bad boys have?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I believe it is 37 liters.

[das boot]

I can almost get that with my little engine. Sha!

[JFryauff]

They are so friggin cute! I just want to pull it back, put a penny in the hatch, and watch it go.

[Straz85]

Only thing I don't like about that is the wheels. It could deifnitely use some wider ones, and none of that steel crap.