lupolot
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its to do with economy not stability in cross winds. lowering the UP would improve things, but still the shape is wrong. also they want the up to be a 4 seater. with what they are doing to the chico it could only be a 2 seater with the shape its getting.
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as i said from autocar. there are no images as yet. only of the UP!, but i suppose imagine an UP! but slammed, and not so much of a rising roof line.
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the pictures posted is the old vw not the new one, so those saying they prefer to have an up to the new chico are comparing against something which they have never seen. the new chico is based on the new up/lupo platform but will be much nicer looking than the up as it will be more sporty looking and less mpv like. think low profile.
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autocar tested it along side the porche, and they say the r26 can be faster.
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Source?
english mustard.
from the gents at auto car.
which i translated into just the detail.
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vw have now concluded the new lupo is too high and compromised to be a truly efficient model. its still being made but a new entry level model is now being made, the chico. it will be lower profile roofline and much more sleek and aero efficient, a 2 seater.
141mpg! and less than60 g/km.!
uk in 2011 for perhaps £6k.
1.2 petrol 4cyl with 2cyl shutdown feature.
also 1.2 3cyl diesel.
stop start and brake regen as standard.
likely battery model in future.
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revised with the correct information.
good news is that the lupo gti will be much cheaper than expected to tax! (except those with pre march 2001 gti)
i would expect the prices of gti to stabilise now with this new tax system. i think some owners were selling them off thinking they would be worse off in the long run, but it seems not too bad really.
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thanks to the new budget there is a new tax band which the Gti falls into if your lucky and have a 175g/km gti on your V5.
from april 2009 the 2001 march onwards GTI will be £175 up from £170.
from april 2010 it will be £180, only a standard £5 increase.
if you have a 178 g/km gti then you will be in the next band which will be £200 in 2010.
the pre march 2001 gti will always be more expensive, currently at £185 going to £190 next april, then £205 in 2010.
i think thats covered it.
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i expect it they have been designed on a gti for motorsport. but the kits can be either 3mm or 4mm in any case.
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plastics 4 performance make a 5 piece high quality polycarbonate UV protected window kit for the lupo. about £250. the rear window is fully moulded to shape as standard, the rest are flat, but with a fully moulded option for extra. many options aswell such as tints/scratch resistance, oem spec black borders on rear and rear side, slide vents etc.
they are about 50% lighter than glass.
doesn't fragment on impact.
about 250 times stronger than glass.
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toyo R888 arent the best tyre to use as a comparison for this mate as the actual tread on them is 195 thats before it starts to go into the sidewalls, normal road tyres will actually measure slightly less than 195 for some reason
for 195/50/15:
normal road tyre toyo t1-r is 198mm wide
road legal track toyo R888 is 203mm wide
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Hold on - I've been out drinking all day but my chassis no. is WVWZZZ6EZ5B001381 - assume that means it was built in Belgium (I can't tell you how disappointed that makes me!) between Aug. '04 & Aug. ' 05, which would tie-in with the date of registration being 11/1/05. 1381 doesn't compute though as it far exceeds the no. of UK cars but must be well below the total no. built for the European market (I'd have to assume that 1,400 in Deutschland is accurate althought I'd have thought it would have been higher).
1381 could have been out of over 10,000. you dont know the top figure for europe, or it could have been the last, 1381 may have been all they made for the world in that year and the last ever lupo gti made.
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I'm pretty sure the last 4 numbers are the serial number.
Here is a pretty good VIN decoder: http://bitnet.ro/vw/vindecoder/
serial number is the same as production number isnt it?
staff at my vw dealer may have told me the wrong information.
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My letters B what does that mean? and my last numbers a1292
ah, something wrong then. maybe Belgium counted cars for all Europe instead of just for one countries destination. i dont know. give your local dealer a ring, see what they say about it.
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look at your chassis number and you can see which number of production it was, after the W (indicates the factory, wolfsburg) you will see the production number 000030 for example will be the 30th of that year. the number before the W indicates which year so 3W000030 was made between august 2002 to august 2003. 4W would be august 2003 to august 2004.
new vw, probably chico
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i didnt know it had a problem in cross winds, do you have a link? or are you referring to the test cars which were rear engined? these had stability issues in cross winds. but the up is front engined now.
small wheels are good, they dont have to be small in diameter though. some prototype eco cars have 18-20" wheels, but they are narrow and more economical than say 15".
i dont know what wheels the up is having, or the chico.