»1-Liter Car«

How about a seriouswheels.com... that gets 235 miles to the gallon?

Yes, this car does exist, and was driven across Europe as a demonstration, though at this point it is still just a prototype.

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posted by Tiefling

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Considering

Considering that everyone knows how much 1 liter is (just think of 1 liter milk) it is actually unbelievable that this 1 liter has enough chemical energy to drive a car for 100km.

And actually it's less than 1 liter:

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At the 42nd Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Volkswagen AG in Hamburg, the most economical car in the world is presented: the 1-litre car. The prototype, which until now has been kept closely under wraps, and which many people never believed could be built, was driven under its own power from Wolfsburg to the Annual Meeting in Hamburg. Before the Annual Meeting, the current Chairman of the Board of Management, Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, drove this research vehicle to Hamburg from the company's headquarters at an average fuel consumption of 0.89 litres per 100 kilometres. This has once against impressively demonstrated Volkswagen's position at the cutting edge of modern technology