Loremo Concept

[steve threlfall]

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/art...066293,00.html

It's sexy, does 186mpg and costs £7,500

[XA04]

Bloody heck, that is amazing.

Sluggish though, 0-62mph takes 20 seconds.

[TeePee]

Yup, superb! But then it will get 1 star on the Euro NCAP, they'll have to redesign it with airbags and those bars that are designed to impact the dummy in places it doesn't have impact sensors and then it will weigh a ton and be crap.

[Rave]

Sweet. I'd have a GT, I love the idea of a light, aerodynamic car.

[steve threlfall]

Yup, superb! But then it will get 1 star on the Euro NCAP, they'll have to redesign it with airbags and those bars that are designed to impact the dummy in places it doesn't have impact sensors and then it will weigh a ton and be crap.

The makers, unsurprisingly, claim it will be as safe as any other car due to its contsruction with straight beams that are able to withstand a greater impact (deatils in the article). They say its a myth that heavier cars are safer.

We would all be a lot safer with less school run army waggon sized 4x4's on the road anyway...

[TeePee]

Oh, I agree... Lighter cars can brake better and swerve to avoid, etc as well. But to do well in the Euro NCAP test requires a car designed to do well in the test, and it favours heavy cars.

[steve threlfall]

Bloody heck, that is amazing.

Sluggish though, 0-62mph takes 20 seconds.

It will still do 250kp/h though

“I’d be naïve to say that people will buy this car because to save the environment. “They’ll buy it because if you’re a commuter you can save more than €2,000 a year and still do 250kp/h on the motorway.”

FACTS BEHIND A CAR REVOLUTION
# The Loremo weighs only 450kg. Instead of steel, the exterior is made of recyclable plastic. The windows are plastic, not glass. The weight-saving is maintained inside the car: a single LCD screen displays many of the functions usually spread over several dials.

# The structure of the car is intended to be simple and strong. Three steel girders protect the occupants. Because the girders are straight they are more difficult to crush on impact, just as a pencil is difficult to crush when pressure is applied end-to-end.

# A 20hp two-cylinder turbo-diesel engine gives up to 160kp/h in the Loremo LS, while the 50hp three-cylinder GT version does 250kp/h.

Wouldnt mind a GT myself. Not out until 2009 though

[5lab]

Oh, I agree... Lighter cars can brake better and swerve to avoid, etc as well. But to do well in the Euro NCAP test requires a car designed to do well in the test, and it favours heavy cars.

i'm not convinced - ncap drives cars into a solid, stationary object - a lighter car has less mass pushing forwards thus less deformation of the front of the car - think about it - if you rolled a matchbox car into it at 40 it'd probably be fine

[SilentDeath]

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