Bubble Car Is Back

[Kwasaki]

jpg] VW Bubble car

[richard_smith237]

I wonder what NCAP rating that has ?

Its not called a Gol is it ?

[Kwasaki]

I wonder what NCAP rating that has ?

Its not called a Gol is it ?

l dunno it was emailed to me by a friend :- here's some more to chew on.

Better than Electric Car - 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai

This is a single seated car.

From conception to production: 3 years and the company is headquartered in Hamburg , Germany .

Will be selling for 4000 Yuan, equivalent to US$600.

Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons

Speed = 62 - 74.6 Miles/hour

Fuel efficiency = 258 miles/gallon

Travel distance with a full tank = 404 miles

[bazmlb]

The 1-litre car is powered by a one-cylinder diesel engine, centrally positioned in front of the rear axle and combined with an automated direct shift gearbox. The crankcase and cylinder head of the 0.3-litre engine are of an aluminium monobloc construction. The naturally aspirated, direct-injection diesel engine employs advanced high-pressure unit injection technology to generate 6.3 kW (8.5 bhp) at 4,000 rpm. This gives the vehicle, which weights just 290 kg, an astonishingly lively temperament.

Fuel consumption is a mere 0.99 litre per 100 kilometres. With a 6.5-litre tank, this gives a range of some 650 kilometres without refuelling.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-vw-1-liter-car.htm

[Velocette]

Yes in diddly deedy, or perhaps even more of a resemblance to the Messerschitt (although that was a 3 wheeler, while the Bubble had 4 )

I remember seeing both of these in London. The British offering at that time (well 49-66 thank u Wiki )) was that sad looking 3 wheel Bond car, with the two stroke Villiers engine, foolishly designed with only one wheel at the front "roll over beethoven" .

Whereas in a bygone era the Brits produced a really hot and sexy looking 3 Wheeler, with more intelligently, two wheels in the front.

I had enclosed spiffing pics of all these but keep getting YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE THAT IMAGE EXTENSION, which is tedious, as your pics of the VW and the later post are good quality.

I think the Jap V twin was the norm. I remember seeing a few of these around, they always got the blood pumping just to see and hear them

[ozsamurai]

its time we started to see these in the showrooms and on the roads, Im tired of seeing all this promise and never delivery.... its not a dream, so deliver it,,

Oz

[trogers]

I recall an accident in Singapore in the late 70s involving a 1.0 litre Diahatsu car and a motorbike. It was a 90⁰ angle collision at a crossroad. The bike rider was flung off his bike and the car flipped over. Car driver died, and bike rider lived.

Would a bubble car be just as safe?

[billd766]

The Morgan Three Wheel club has a UK website at

http://www.mtwc.co.uk/

and there is a historical German Morgan website here

http://morgan3w.de/

both are interesting views.

[angiud]

Talking of bubble, a proposal from FIAT Brasile, shorter than Smart, the Fiat Mio: