Ryan,
No car would be accepted in Europe without sufficient side impact protection and sufficient independent tests to go with it. I have no idea about Mexico and would not judge without proper information. Europe (including Germany, the home of VolksWagen) is East of US, Mexico is South. Hakan At 11:17 AM 6/23/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Funny, the Mexican version doesn't have side impact beams, for example... > >Ryan > >-----Original Message----- >From: Hakan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 9:45 AM >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [biofuel] VW Lupo USA site > > > >Ryan, > >Knowing safety issues in Europe and VW design principles, I >doubt that the Lupo is a problem. If it would have been the VW >Brazilian GOL, you might have a point. > >It is more to it. My suspicion is that the TDI Golf is a preferred >model and with a relatively small diesel market in US, they will >wait for ULSD. All European cars are now covering ULSD and >biodiesel mixes, the Japanese also. Ethanol mixes also. > >If the Lupo is called the 3 liter car, the Golf TDI should be called >the 4 liter car. 25% difference in consumption, but still extremely >good. If the market for diesels develop like the European market, >be sure that the Lupo will be there. > >Hakan > >At 08:32 AM 6/23/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >I think the Lupo has safety issues, i.e. it doesn't meet the US safety > >standards. Getting it up to par would probably involve re-tooling and > >negating the reward for selling in the US. Automakers usually lose money >on > >their cheapest models, they use them as loss leaders to try to build brand > >loyalty. Why would VW bring over a 500,000+ mile loss leader that needs to > >be completely re-done to meet our safety standards here? > > > >Wait until the Japanese start bringing more diesels over once we switch to > >ULSD. > > > >Cheers! > > > >Ryan > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: MH [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:13 PM > >To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > >Subject: [biofuel] VW Lupo USA site > > > > > > Volkswagen Lupo "3-Liter" TDI > > http://www.LupoUSA.com > > (or VW Polo) > > > > Some excerpts: > > > > In Europe they call it the "3-liter" car. The Volkswagen Lupo can >travel > >100 kilometers on three liters of > > diesel or bio-diesel. This translates to 99 miles per gallon on the > >highway, 64 in the city. > > > > How can I cajole, persuade, beg, or strong-arm VW to sell me one of > >these? > > > > From "The VW Lupo USA Guestbook" > > > > If hybrid sells good here, I don't see any reason 3-L TDI won't sell. > >C'mon, bring it over! > > > > America is supposed to stand for freedom... freedom to choose... I >want > >this choice! > > > > Selling the Lupo in North America is an excellent step in promoting >good > >stewardship of the environment. > > > > -- give consumers a choice to help fight air pollution. > > > > Please bring the Lupo to the States so we can have the ultimate > >commuting option! > > > > PLEASE help the US be a little more efficient with it's limited > >resources! > > > > I want a Lupo! > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
