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Volkswagen XL1 (261 miles per gallon )
Volkswagen XL1 (261 miles per gallon ) : WOWWW... Much as we love supercars, there's also a lot to be said for automotive marvels on the efficiency side of things, too. Take this funny little Volkswagen XL1 , for example – it's an honest-to-goodness production car that will reportedly hit something in the area of 261 miles per gallon. It's certainly not fast nor powerful, and it won't be cheap when it goes on sale, but the fact that engineers are actually capable of building something like this is incredibly remarkable. And props to Volkswagen for keeping that pod-car design intact, as well.
Provo concept name has Kia embroiled in terrorism controversy?
Provo concept name has Kia embroiled in terrorism controversy? In the relatively lengthy press release that Kia composed for the launch of its Provo concept car at the Geneva Motor Show this week, the company never mentioned where the name came from, or what it means for the car. A very basic web search for "Provo" reveals that the inspiration for the hatch could have been a city in Utah, a township in South Dakota or a village in Bosnia. The name could be a reference to either an American (Fred) or Canadian (Dwayne) football player, and Provo might also accurately reference a "Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s" or a ship in the US Navy. More likely than any of those, however, is that the Kia designers of the concept – a car that was wholly a product of the Korean automaker's design studios in Frankfurt, for the record – meant it as a play on the existing Pro_cee'd hatchback . What the designers and Kia executives that signed of...
This “Turbo” Camaro Is The Most Confusing Camaro Ever
This “Turbo” Camaro Is The Most Confusing Camaro Ever This? This is no ordinary Camaro, hombre. Not by a long shot. This is a supercharged L99-powered, 400-hp ZL1-badged widebody Camaro that will soon feature prominently in a DreamWorks 3D comedy called Turbo . What's so confusing? Don't suspend your disbelief just yet. First, the L99 is the standard engine for the Camaro SS with automatic transmission (the manual gets an LS3, which doesn't have cylinder deactivation). The ZL1 has the 6.2-liter LSA V8 producing 580 hp. Verdict? Despite the badges, this isn't a ZL1. Also, the stock, non-supercharged L99 produces 400 hp, so is the supercharger a fake, or is it a special kind that only produces enough extra power to counter the parasitic draw it steals from the engine? We're totally confused. And then, this "supercharged" Camaro is based on a character in a movie called Turbo , which hits theater...
BMW Designs A 42-Wheel, 19-Engine Car To Fulfill One Child’s Fantasy
BMW Designs A 42-Wheel, 19-Engine Car To Fulfill One Child’s Fantasy BMW is one of those companies that gets respect and guff in big, heaping piles around here. They certainly make plenty of spectacular, iconic cars, from the 2002 to E30s to the 507 to even the little Isetta. They also sometimes seem to generate a following of arrogant, parking-line-ignorers . Two sides of the big BMW coin. Today, however, BMW is very very okay in my book. Because they took real serious-business company time to make this wonderful rendering of a four-year old's dream car. That four-year old gearhead is Eli, and Eli's dream was of a 19-engined (Porsche engines, which BMW must have forgotten to notate), 42-wheeled BMW monster with a trunk full of toys. And three driving positions, and all kinds of other good stuff only four-year old minds can emit. BMW did say they wanted a crack at this, and I'm delighted they actually followed thr...
