[yesplease]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')emember Volkswagen's 'one-litre' car, capable of one litre per 100km, or a scarcely credible 282mpg? Well VW has approved top-secret plans to build the limited-edition fuel miser in 2010, CAR Online can reveal. The tiny, grey cigar-shaped curiosity was a triumphal hit at the 2002 annual meeting in Hamburg and now – finally – it's heading for production.

At the time the chairman of VW's supervisory board predicted that the super-economical two-seater would go into production as soon as the cost of the carbonfibre monocoque dropped from €35,000 (£28,000) to €5000 (£4000), which he estimated would happen in 2012. Now the VW 1L will hit the market two years ahead of schedule, in 2010.

[yesplease]

Back to the future, eh?

[idiom]

He raises a fun point. A lot of Fibre resins are Oil based and cost a ton.

I wonder what will bring the cost of carbon fibre so far?

[yesplease]

Maybe it's related to patent "costs"?

[dorlomin]

Seems pretty pointless to have so expensive a car only to save fuel. Its little more than a posh motorbike.

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dorlomin', 'S')eems pretty pointless to have so expensive a car only to save fuel. Its little more than a posh motorbike.

[yesplease]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('dorlomin', 'S')eems pretty pointless to have so expensive a car only to save fuel. Its little more than a posh motorbike.

[Zardoz]

In the future, the only private vehicles running will be even more extreme than the 1L. This is only a good start.

Look for even more radical ultra-streamlined single-seat commuter cars to begin appearing within six or eight years. In fifteen years they could comprise half the vehicles on the road.

[heroineworshipper]

Hamsters now have more jobs than auto workers.

[jlw61]

Unless it can be considered a motorcycle, I doubt it will be allowed on US roads. More's the pity... but at least the price falls within the realm of the possible.

[Revi]

It's about a good as the Aptera. I think I would rather have an Aptera, because it's a completely new idea in a car.

Since the Aptera is a three wheeler it's legal to drive as a motorcycle.

http://www.aptera.com/

[yesplease]

It could be on US roads w/ funky looking 5mph bumpers, or whatever that standard requires. AFAIK most cars in Europe could meet US crash standards, it's just that the cost of crash/emissions testing is too much to consider bringing an econobox with low margins over. At least that's how it seemed to be in the past.

[the48thronin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yesplease', '[')url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_KR200]Back[/url] to the future, eh?

[yesplease]

Is that yours!?

[the48thronin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('yesplease', 'I')s that yours!?

[Blacksmith]

My 1967 VW was a 1200 cc