Car gets 157mpg!!

but your forgetting, it's a diesel. It may not have the HP but will more than likely have very high torque. HP is usually based on rpm, so this thing only revs low, which is good for diesel as that is where the best torque is. With the correct gearing this thing may out accelerate a far few smaller petrol engined cars with more HP on tap.
 
chrislusty said:
Why do all these cars look so horrible??
why cant companies have a normal looking car with this new technology?
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To attract attention, "Fiesta does 157mpg" is only gunna attract Ford fans and a minority of motoring geeks, a wild looking concept is gunna hit the motoring press world wide :)

Concept cars are to show a companies leaps in technology, show what they can do and have a vision of the future. The wilder they are the more press they get :)
 
Looking at the 50bhp version:
0-62 in 9 sec (could call that <9sec to 60mph)
Top speed 136mph
105mpg
<£10,300

That looks fantastic to me, I'd buy one today.

lordrobs said:
TBH with oil reserves running out i'd rather car manufacturers spent more time concentrating on how to squeeze as many MPG out of a car as opposed to them going Rah Rah... look at our new uber twenty turbo charger engine capable of pushing out 10000 BHP.
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Exactly... sure it looks different - things change. How many people loved the looks of the Focus when it was first shown? As a concept car the looks would be toned down a bit before this became a reality.

Trifid said:
Looking at the weight of it, I don't fancy being in a crash, as that probally means all the safety features gone.
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Being light does not equal being unsafe - look at the way people walk away from 180mph crashes in 600kg F1 cars!
 
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clv101 said:
Being light does not equal being unsafe - look at the way people walk away from 180mph crashes in 600kg F1 cars!
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F1 cars have 100s of thousamds spent on safty so its not really any comparison between the 2 tbh.
Not saying its not safe but i would much rather crash in a larger car then a small car even if it was a new yaris which are very safe ive heard.
 
Zip said:
F1 cars have 100s of thousamds spent on safty so its not really any comparison between the 2 tbh.
Not saying its not safe but i would much rather crash in a larger car then a small car even if it was a new yaris which are very safe ive heard.
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The "100s of thousamds spent on safty" is misleading, since F1 cars are one off hand built things and far tougher than this little thing would need to be. My point is that it's perfectly within the rules of physics and mass production economics to make a 450kg as safe as the new Yaris so weight/safety concerns are misplaced at this stage of the cars development - wait until it exists and crash safety tests are done.
 
According to the stats it can seat four, it looks like it'll be a tight squeeze, could do with some proper interior shots and shots of it next to a normal car/person so we could get some idea of the size.
 
I think there's huge potential for half tonne, 50bhp, >100mpg, <10sec 0-60 cars. Today’s 1-1.5 tonne, >100bhp <50mpg aren't ideal for the future energy austerity we face.
 
clv101 said:
Looking at the 50bhp version:
0-62 in 9 sec (could call that <9sec to 60mph)
Top speed 136mph
105mpg
<£10,300

That looks fantastic to me, I'd buy one today.


Exactly... sure it looks different - things change. How many people loved the looks of the Focus when it was first shown? As a concept car the looks would be toned down a bit before this became a reality.

Being light does not equal being unsafe - look at the way people walk away from 180mph crashes in 600kg F1 cars!
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Im with you, i think its a fantastic idea and should it pan out id have a look at one/Test drive it.
 
The thing is the performance is all based on it's low weight. What happens when you start loading it with 80kg people. I suspect it will lose a lot of it's speed with that sort of horse power.
 
Stonedofmoo said:
The thing is the performance is all based on it's low weight. What happens when you start loading it with 80kg people. I suspect it will lose a lot of it's speed with that sort of horse power.
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Which will promote weight loss!
This car could be the saving grace for the human race! :eek:
 
Stonedofmoo said:
The thing is the performance is all based on it's low weight. What happens when you start loading it with 80kg people. I suspect it will lose a lot of it's speed with that sort of horse power.
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Yeah... and you think it's better to always be carrying an extra tonne of steel ballast around with you so on the odd occasion your 3 mates get in the performance isn't affected much? Looked at the road lately? At least 80% of cars are single occupancy. Seriously... maintaining performance when your mates are in the car isn't the major challenge transport faces over the next few decades.
 
Stonedofmoo said:
lol but thats not saying much is it. If you arrive at a busy roundabout in that car, can it safely pull away into the traffic without causing an accident by crawling into the lane?

I'm simply saying some cars are underpowered. My mums Fiesta 1L was 45bhp and that was horrifically slow to accelerate...
0-60 in 19 seconds, that is too slow imo.
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Well maybe if everyone wasn't in such a bloody hurry to reach the next set of red lights it wouldn't be a problem. My 100E originally had 39hp and I had no problems with that, damn site slower than your mum's fiesta too.

Zip said:
F1 cars have 100s of thousamds spent on safty so its not really any comparison between the 2 tbh.
Not saying its not safe but i would much rather crash in a larger car then a small car even if it was a new yaris which are very safe ive heard.
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That's the most ridiculous thing I think I've heard here. Why do you think F1 components are expensive? Could it be because they only make a few of them by hand, not tooled up to churn out hundreds of thousands of them on the cheap?
 
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Jonny69 said:
That's the most ridiculous thing I think I've heard here. Why do you think F1 components are expensive? Could it be because they only make a few of them by hand, not tooled up to churn out hundreds of thousands of them on the cheap?
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I didnt say that the components are expensive.
What i mean is that they spend 100s of thousands on develpment and design costs and then they have to add the cost of paying all th engineers and the material they use.
They have to reach a very high standed of saftey to please the FIA so they have to develop and crash develop and crash until they find one that passes.

When designing saftey for road cars they wouldnt need to think about making it safe for 300kph+ because it wont go that fast unless its a supercar.
They design road cars to a different set of rules so you cant compare the saftey of the two.
 
Zip said:
F1 cars have 100s of thousamds spent on safty so its not really any comparison between the 2 tbh.
Not saying its not safe but i would much rather crash in a larger car then a small car even if it was a new yaris which are very safe ive heard.
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Yeah hardly fair to compare F1 to OEM as OEM have millions of pounds spent on vehicle development...
 
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