First image of 2010 Volkswagen Lupo
It's been reported for several months now that Volkswagen was working on two new entry-level successors to the Lupo that was discontinued in 2005 and replaced by the Fox. The first rendering of the new car is now available thanks to German magazine Auto Zeitung, and if it is accurate, the rather overdone grille of recent VW models may be going away. One of the cars will be targeted toward emerging markets like India and Russia to battle the Renault Logan, while the other will be geared more for established markets like Western Europe.
The target price for the emerging market car is 8,000 Euro which will also form the basis for Skoda and Seat branded cars. The new Lupo is should be 3.7 meters long about 5 inches longer than the original and an equal amount less than the Fox. The rear seat can slide longitudinally to allow for more luggage space in back or more rear seat room. The powertrains may start from a new two cylinder engine and go up through four cylinder gas and diesel engines and possibly even an electric version.
[Source: AutoZeitung via eGMCarTech]
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wright.784 2:15PM (3/23/2008)
Why wouldn't this car make it to the States? Can't an individual contact VW to ship it to a US port?
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Ken 10:56AM (3/26/2008)
Since the oil companie's want to keep raising the price of fuel in the US, what is wronge with having a car to keep up with the demand. High cost of fuel, high milage cars. All you see on TV auto commercials are the US companie's pushings large vans,trucks, and SUV's.Nothing in the way of FUEL ECONOMY whats so ever....
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Dave 11:56PM (3/03/2009)
This is about right for mileage for a car this size with a diesel engine. A 3200 lb jetta tdi will get 55mpg.
I have to admit this car looks cool. NOW,how to get Americans interested in Fuel Economy?
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TMK 7:13AM (11/03/2009)
Since VW is discontinuing its production of the MK1 in South Africa (finally!!!!), I think the Lupo will be the perfect replacement.
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iamhoff 4:38PM (5/07/2007)
I'd heard a few things on Autoblog and The Car Connection that future VeeDubs were going to leave the uber-grill to Audi and come up with something a little more subtle. If that pic is accurate, it's not a bad little ride. Too bad it won't make it to the States.
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UncleOxidant 12:02AM (5/08/2007)
I wouldn't mind getting one of these "emerging market" ones with 2 cylinders or maybe the electric one. The price is nice. But, unfortunately we'll probably never see them here in the US because they figure all we want is SUVs.
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MikeJ 7:51AM (5/08/2007)
I hope gas prices keep rising. If so, cars like this will make it over here. I love VW's small cars and would definitely buy one.
You can thank all the over weight, self-centered people in this country for not having cars like this.
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MikeW 10:24AM (5/08/2007)
Yeah, no high beams.
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s0crates82 4:07PM (5/08/2007)
@MikeW:
Yeah... Bi-Xenons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-xenon_HID_headlamp#HID_light_sources_.28Xenon_and_Bi-Xenon.29
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