Lupo 3L

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 07/22/2019 at 06:34 • Filed to: None

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Petrol powered but super efficient. 3 litres per 100km. Very neat. Seen in Copenhagen. 

kanadanmajava1 > Nauraushaun 07/22/2019 at 06:51

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No. 3L version is super efficient but it’s powered by diesel. It’s sad that it didn’t get super efficient petrol sister.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Nauraushaun 07/22/2019 at 06:55

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well spotted

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nauraushaun 07/22/2019 at 07:03

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Being a Canadian, my first thought was ‘Wow, why would they need to put a 3L anything in a Polo...isn’t that overkill ?’

:P

Echo51 > Nauraushaun 07/22/2019 at 07:26

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Growing up in denmark and seeing these around i just don’t get the hype around them. The gearboxes can be nightmares when the shifting mechanics disagree with the box internals, the rear aluminium drum brakes warp if you aren’t gentler than an old lady, and they’re... tiny eco boxes, but i guess it’s like an early concept at what evolved into the VW Up/similar ecoboxes.

Svend > Nauraushaun 07/22/2019 at 07:37

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We got it as the VW Lupo and SEAT Arosa here.

MultiplaOrgasms > Echo51 07/22/2019 at 09:39

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It was mostly just Piech era VW doing what it did best, an engineering exercise to show off what can be done. There are quite a few of these 3L still around interestingly enough. 

punkgoose17 > Echo51 07/22/2019 at 09:53

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Aluminum drum brakes, wow that was a dumb decision, to approve those for production.

Echo51 > punkgoose17 07/22/2019 at 12:57

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Surprisingly didn’t take the aftermarket long to make parts available for steel retrofits...

duurtlang > kanadanmajava1 07/22/2019 at 14:04

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Correct. The TDI badge is a clear hint :)

Nauraushaun > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/22/2019 at 18:34

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It had a funny grill. Definitely looked like an ev or hypermiler

Nauraushaun > Svend 07/22/2019 at 18:35

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There seems to be a lot of that sort of inbreeding with the cheaper cars. Like the Mitsubishi imiev. 

Nauraushaun > Echo51 07/22/2019 at 18:38

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I'd love to grow up in Denmark. I might come back a DJ impregnate a Dane in ten years or so. Start a Danish family