The MPH Champ: VW Polo Bluemotion

I like hybrid cars, but i don’t like the battery technology they are chained too. Volkswagon has never bought their Polo model to the US and I think they should. It has phenomenal fuel efficiency. How good is it?

Introduced last year, the Polo BlueMotion is a mileage champ — thanks to a combination of light weight (2,389 pounds); improved aerodynamics; a 79-horsepower three-cylinder turbodiesel engine with direct fuel injection; very tall gears in the 5-speed manual transmission; and low rolling-resistance tires. In the European driving cycle, it achieves 48 miles per gallon in the city and, get this, 74 m.p.g. on the highway (and 61 m.p.g. combined). A further benefit is a 13 percent drop in carbon dioxide output compared with the standard Polo.

READ THE ARTICLE @ THE NYTIMES

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