Oh, if Car B fully uses five gears in a 0 to 60 mph maximum acceleration
run then it needs
an overdrive sixth gear for the top speed requirement. Of course it would
have an overdrive gear anyway...

And Car C would have the RPM limited similar to Car B.

I once designed a car that would get an estimated 150 MPG. The secret is to

So I'll just lay my cards on the table...

The best that I would have been able to do with the mere $250,000 would be
to get a Caterham Super7 kit car in the extra wide version but special
order the frame in aluminum rather than steel. And I could't use a
motorcycle engine and transmission (which could save 300 pounds in weight)
so I would use the smallest 4-cylinder engine currently available and
certified for emissions standards in the U.S. market (like a 1.5 Yaris
engine). Then I would have to find a transmission for the engine since the
car frame that I am using is for rear-wheel-drive. Next I would take the
car to an Italian design studio and have them design a bodywork and shape
for the car. And the thin flexible fiberglass or Lexan bodywork would
attach to mounting points but also push down over plastic shapers. Of
course a master fiberglass shop would have to make and fit the bodywork.
That's Car A and would weigh about 1200 pounds. The Car A result would be
about 75 MPG in highway driving...

The car that I envision could look something like this:

http://www.antimarket.com/ktmxbow.html.0.html


Hey, I think I've driven one of those before. Its called a go-kart and it

The car that I envision could look something like this:

http://www.antimarket.com/ktmxbow.html.0.html


Hey, I think I've driven one of those before. Its called a go-kart and it
was down at the NAS-CART Fasttrak. Hey, there were a lot of cub scouts
there that Saturday. If I could market that with its powerful 5 hp Briggs
& Stratton I could win the X-prize and one million dollars? Call Algore, I
think this will be the answer to the global warming hoax, uh, er, I mean
crisis.

|
| The car that I envision could look something like this:
|
| http://www.antimarket.com/ktmxbow.html.0.html
|
Oh, you mean plastic toy.

| > | The car that I envision could look something like this:
| > |
| > | http://www.antimarket.com/ktmxbow.html.0.html
| > |
| > Oh, you mean plastic toy.
|
|
| The X-BOW has a carbon fiber frame. Carbon fiber is about $50 a pound
while
| fiberglass is about 50 cents a pound.
|
| But carbon fiber is not necessary. The car could have a Ducati-style
| frame...
|
| Of course the X-BOW is designed for 300 horsepower and for race tire
| traction...
|
| But put the 2009 VW diesel in the X-BOW, add a swing-back roof, and get
| about 80 MPG...
|

Oh, you mean a toy.

| > Oh, you mean a toy.
|
|
| A device designed and built to a logistical requirement is not a
toy...and
| that's fundamental.
|
| But the X-Prize might be more practical if it required 70 MPG of a four
seat
| car and 90 MPG of a two-seat car.
|

As I recall, the first X-prize won was hardly practical.

An X PRIZE is a multi-million dollar award given to the first team to
achieve a specific goal, set by the X PRIZE Foundation, which has the
potential to benefit humanity. Rather than awarding money to honor past
achievements or directly funding research, an X PRIZE incites innovation
by
tapping into our competitive and entrepreneurial spirits.

******** INNOVATION *********

There is no innovation in your toy, it just another car that you happen to
like the appearance of. You even assume it is powered by "gallons" of
ordinary diesel and want MPG. Heck, it doesn't even keep the rain out, to
say nothing of the hopeless aerodynamics.