VW XL1

I had forgotten about this. I will put away my Vag hatred if they put this sucker out and it will get AT LEAST 100mpg.

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/01/17/volkswagens-hyper-efficient-xl1-edges-closer-to-production/

At this point, I'd still take one if it got 70 MPG.

My commute is almost 100 miles a day... It'd be nice to go a week on a tank of fuel.

I have the Mazda2 already and for me to justify going into another loan it would have to be pretty awesome on the efficiency front. However, VW does have that Polo Bluemotion over the pond that gets pretty close to your needs now and that is just a 3 cyl. turbo diesel. This thing could really get 120 mpg or something like that when it all shakes out.

In reply to singleslammer:

I've been preaching 2cyl/3cyl turbo diesel hybrids for years. It would just make sense...

Lots of industrial applications use that to generate electricity anyways!

I'd sell a testicle for the twin charged 1.4L that makes around 170hp and gets close to 50mpg, preferably in my MKI Scirocco. Why didn't we get that engine?

fidelity101 wrote: In reply to singleslammer: I've been preaching 2cyl/3cyl turbo diesel hybrids for years. It would just make sense... Lots of industrial applications use that to generate electricity anyways!

Great minds think alike.

16vCorey wrote: I'd sell a testicle for the twin charged 1.4L that makes around 170hp and gets close to 50mpg, preferably in my MKI Scirocco. Why didn't we get that engine?

American gas has too low octane rating for them to work here.

fidelity101 wrote: In reply to singleslammer: I've been preaching 2cyl/3cyl turbo diesel hybrids for years. It would just make sense... Lots of industrial applications use that to generate electricity anyways!

Would cold-start emissions work well for a Diesel hybrid? Emissions compliance is the killer.

You know what OTHER engines are very efficient under constant heavy load? Uh-huh. That's right. Wankel. Audi was last seen experimenting with a small-displacement Wankel as a below-trunk-mounted APU for a hybrid, most likely an extended range EV.