People with dementia are still people, they still have character and stories to tell and we want to create a road trip story with the Lane Motor Museum, Nashville Tennessee, to raise funds for important Alzheimer Research in the UK and across the world. 

This May 16th we will be driving the prototype Volkswagen  XL1, the worlds most economical car powered by an internal combustion engine across a continent from New York to San Francisco, a journey of around 3000 miles on less than 30 gallons of fuel (or about 2 tankfuls in a normal family car)

We have christened the XL1 'The Car of the Future Past' because  when it was shown to the world in 2014,  its tiny frugal 2 cylinder diesel engine was going to be the next generation in automobile technology squeezing 313mpg out of every gallon but time has shown that battery electric cars to be they way forward for personal mobility in the 21st century 

The Lane Motor Museum in Nashville have the only example in the United States and through their generosity, we would like to give the XL1 a last hurrah on a huge iconic road trip, that it was never designed to do,  in a country that it was never sold in.  

We would love you to follow our adventure and consider donating to help overcome this terrible condition with the good work of Alzheimer Research.  

Even though they are a British based charity they donate to projects world wide to support studies and investigations towards finding a cure for the millions who suffer from Alzheimer's disease.  

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"She has not voyaged into the dark of Alzheimers, she has arrived somewhere,  as have I" - John Bayley