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bah - bullshit - that was a concept car like 5 years ago. it was never intended to be built nor will it be

Unfortunately you're probably right, but it would still be a very cool toy!

Not as safe to drive as a real car, but probably a bit safer than a motorcycle.

I would buy one

i guess we are both right: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car

they seem to have it announced last year for 2010 - but i read lots of car mags from germany and there's no sign that it really will come.

we'll see...

heresa a better article/pics

http://www.canadiandriver.com/2002/0...-litre-car.htm

why the fuck are all fuel efficient cars (on the market or just a concept) so fucking ugly? Sure, they're efficient, but they look like a mentally challenged 2 year old designed it.

http://www.m-cp.eu/images/HUMMER_14_big.jpg

no comment...

if they want they want fuel efficient or non fuel type cars to really sell they will have to make them look better than what they do now.

There's a good amount of small crappy looking cars like the one above that do sell fine in some countries. My guess is this car would never be sold in the USA for varies reasons. One would be that there's got to be some sort of safety requirements and I doubt this thing would ever meet them.

The only affordable car that has become REALITY is Tata Motors' NANO. Hopefully, VW can follow their lead and compete on who can produce CHEAP cars profitably--of course, a lot of industrial, technical, labor, and legal changes need to happen to make this a reality.

Probably because all the good looking stuff adds either weight and/or wind drag to the car.

true, but there are still ways to make it look nice and keep the car weight low.

Thanks for the additional info. I think it's fuckin cool!

you should read the article, they say its safe as a GT race car.

but i know - it's small so it must be unsafe. and the rest of the world has no safety regulations like the almighty US has... <sigh>

i guess we need to start the countdown to the Middle East breaking down and finally launching nuclear weapons from the day this car is officially on the market.

so long world... thanks for all the fish.

thanks hippies for defending Iran.