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Project Sipster: Safe at any speed (up to 60 mph)

Top Gear US's Project Sipster is a project of the Yankee version of the popular British TV show to make a 70 mpg car with a lot under the hood. The latest upgrades that the 1981 Rabbit donor car is suffering through are some pretty vital safety ...

Project Sipster finishes with an 84 mpg VW Golf

We have been following Top Gear America's Project Sipster for a while. The team's project was to install a modern ciesel engine from a VW Jetta TDI into a 28-year-old VW Golf and make the car go from 0 to 60 mph in less than 7 seconds but also able ...

Top Gear America's Project Sipster adds 2003 TDI engine to 1981 Rabbit

Click above and to watch video after the jump Project Sipster is now officially underway. This conversion of a 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit into a fast and frugal 70-mpg diesel car is Top Gear America's way of saying hello to the revived eco-car ...

Top Gear America begins work on 70 mpg project car

Click above for high-res gallery of TopGear.com America's Project Sipster Interested in a car that can get 70 miles per gallon and run from zero to sixty in under 7 seconds? Yeah, so are we. How much do you want to pay for it? Top Gear America ...

Top Gear US shows us how to perform a TDI engine swap

Top Gear US has struck again with their latest installment in the Project Sipster saga, and this one's a doosey. The TG crew is taking an early '80s VW Rabbit diesel apart and replacing the engine and transmission with newer and more powerful units. ...




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