Yeah, you read that right. And no, that isn’t a typo. One hundred and fifty seven miles per gallon. To put it in terms easier to understand, imagine having only about a 5 gallon tank and being able to drive 800 miles on it. I have quite a drive to work every day, and for me, that means driving for over 2 weeks on a little over $15 (with current gas prices). Seems impossible, I know, but German company Loremo is promising just that. The Loremo LS is an ultra-efficient, ultra-lightweight, aerodynamic car that the company also claims is very fun to drive. The company’s principles: “Simple, Clever, Fun”, definitely show through when you see the vehicle and read about how they came up with and designed their dream car. They developed the car to be as light as possible and with the least amount of drag, giving it the ability to be much more efficient than other vehicles. The only downside of the LS version is the acceleration, 0 to 60mph in 20 seconds is not exactly going to blow anyone away, to say the least. However, there is also a GT version that gets a much better 0 to 60 in 9 seconds, but also gets closer to 90 mpg instead of 157, but that is still exceptional by normal vehicle standards. TheLoremo cars will begin to be mass-produced for commercial sales in 2009 and prices for the LS and GT are $15,000 and $20,000 respectively. Unfortunately, so far they have not announced plans to sell the vehicles in the United States right away, but they say that if demand is high enough, they will release it here. Hopefully, enough people over here will want the vehicle and they will soon begin production of a U.S version. I know I’m interested in checking it out. 

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