http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/ Engadget Comments for Diesel-powered Loremo promises to hit 150 miles per gallon http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/environmentally safe != license to design fugly cars

geez hire the bmw/mercedes... hell even apple guys to design your car.

Honestly this must be conspiracy.

car advisory> environmentally safe cars reduce our profit margin
car company> okay but if we make them ugly enough no one will want them anyway.

]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/]]>Feb 21st 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Let's never bring together the realms of Apple and the automotive world.
I know, I know, they teamed up with Land Rover and possibly others...

But man... I love cars too much to let Apple go and make them all... Apple-y.]]>Feb 21st 2008 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Won't be far off when we'll get a remake of I, Robot but with real cars as this aint too far off the 1 that Will Smith was driving. Just need to mix the Audi TT shape in a bit and there it is.]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/NO MATTER BLOODY WHAT
You're going to end up powering your electric car
with your household outlet
FED BY COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
So get over your conspiracy theories
and invest in solar or wind technology
before you even think about talking shit about hydrogen.]]>Feb 21st 2008 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/
Get a life, people. If you really want to get around in vehicles and live long enough to enjoy it, get over yourselves and your 'beauty' ego.]]>Feb 21st 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/what you are daft,
i mentioned bmw and mercedes first and apple as the last resort you just so happen to pick out apple.*roll eyes*

@tony
give me a break about this aerodynamic nonsense as an excuse for bad aesthetic car design.
For one, ferrari's and lambourgini's are very aerodynamic and last i remembered didnt look like some 8 year old drew them up, So dont give me the aerodymamic nonsense..mmkay

This looks like a sucky 1996 saturn sedan...just with more suckage.



]]>Feb 21st 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/but it's VERY safe to say that you will not be topping 100, aside from STEEP hills.
3 cylinder diesel ]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/anyway it was basically

70-90 depending on weight, but at those speeds don't be expecting 150mpg
i think the standard speeds they test at are like 35-55mph? city - highway respectively?]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/...whats the excuse for that looking hot and this looking ugly????
]]>Feb 21st 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/
http://xprizecars.com/2007/12/loremo-ls.php
http://xprizecars.com/
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It looks like crap.

]]>Feb 21st 2008 8:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/
Maybe when these vegan pussies can design a truck (never will I drive a car) that's "green" and is at least 3x more powerful than the 7.3L International Diesel in Fords, the maaaaaybbbe I would consider it. 'Till then, I'll piss off the eco-nuts. ]]>Feb 21st 2008 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 9:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/
Psychopathy is a psychological construct describing chronic immoral and antisocial behavior.[1] The term is often used interchangeably with sociopathy[2]. Psychopathic personality disorders have been the most studied of any personality disorder. Today the term can legitimately be used in two ways. One is in the legal sense, "psychopathic personality disorder" under the Mental Health Act 1983 of the UK. The other use is as a severe form of the antisocial or dissocial personality disorder as exclusively defined by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R)

Sociopathy is referred to be a person with psychopathy personality disorder, unlike psychopaths. Sociopath's life histories are often characterized by a chaotic family life, lack of parental attention and guidance, parental substance abuse and antisocial behavior, poor relationships, divorce, and adverse neighborhoods]]>Feb 21st 2008 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/ 7.3L International Diesel

Diesel?! Man, you're one big pussy there. Just think of all the wasted opportunity to burn more fuel, when you could instead be driving a gasoline burning Hummer or Suburban. Damn pinko commie tree hugger!]]>Feb 21st 2008 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 21st 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/You have to enter in from the hood!]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 3:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car . I don't know why no one mentioned this to the good X-Prize folks, but this is one hot little number. Their execs roadtripped in it between cities for a shareholder meeting.

Coming in 2010... to Europe. :( Contact http://www.vw.com to encourage them to bring it to the US so we don't end up like the little red car in this cartoon: http://stuff.sparkleworks.com/share.php !

I did; they emailed me back to say that customer comments do affect their decisions. ]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/The Aptera advertises 300mpg. In the fine print you find out that's over a 120 mile range with a charged battery. If you burn gasoline alone it will get 130mpg. That said, 130mpg on gas alone is astounding. I have put money down on my Aptera, and will take delivery of #656 off the production line.
As far as looks go: Form should follow function. I don't like the style of the Aptera. But, with a drag coefficient of .11 it's F'n sexy. The Loremo has tried to take a middle of the road approach. It's part aerodynamic and part Saturn wannabe. It may appeal to some and that's all it takes. If you think ugly will keep people from buying something they THINK is practical just look at all the Chevy Aztecs on the road.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 12:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/And it's not eponymously titled, it's acronymously titled, short for Low Resistance Mobile.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 1:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/Feb 22nd 2008 2:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/
Gas is cheaper now than it was a few decades ago, but it would be even cheaper if our cars had a 1000% mpg increase.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/21/diesel-powered-loremo-promises-to-hit-150-miles-per-gallon/http://www.fintrend.com/inflation/images/charts/Oil/Gasoline_inflation_chart.htm

Go back and read what I said. I never said that nobody would buy these cars. What I am saying is that supply and demand dictate the market. Speaking from a standpoint of the American market, there will be no great demand for cars such as this when a) cheaper, standard cars get enough MPG for most people and b) American people still want high performance, fun to drive or big cars. There's always a tradeoff no matter what you buy and there is only so much room in the market for each model. To answer your question, or not: It's irrelevant. American people for the most part still drive what they like to drive rather than what is most fuel efficient. If gas goes to $6 US per gallon, that may change but for now, forget it.]]>Feb 22nd 2008 7:43PM