Volkswagen GX3 Concept

Volkswagen presented this concept vehicle called the Volkswagen GX3 at the Los Angeles Motor Show. It was developed by the Moonraker Team and VWs Design Center in California. The result is something that looks like a cross between a car and a motorcycle.

The Volkswagen GX3 goes from 0-100kmh in 5.7 seconds and has a mileage of 5.2 litres per 100km. Very good, and up to the standards of all of Volkswagen’s previous concepts like the EcoRacer which all seem to put focus on environment friendliness as well as performance.

How does this cross between a car and a motorcycle move? The GX3 is powered by a 1.6 litre 4-cylinder engine making 125hp at 6000rpm and 152Nm of torque at 3000rpm, which is more than enough for the 570kg vehicle.

Power is transmitted to the single rear wheel through a chain drive. Gearbox is a 6-speed manual.

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After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

Comments

  • shaymen on Jan 08, 2006 at 2:12 am

    i wont drive this car on malaysian road,sure mati katak punye…its a silly concept car to me..

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  • brznttskn on Jan 08, 2006 at 3:11 am

    WV's creating a lot of concept cars lately… there's the EcoRacer and now this. I see a trend with small cars here…

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  • eRis-Aeir4s on Jan 08, 2006 at 3:30 am

    1 question.. Is it possible to balance heavy cornering with 1 rear wheel?

    And if I didn't read wrongly.. It's powered by the rear wheel? – Strange..

    But yeah, Not on Malaysian roads.. The drivers are just too.. Aihz.

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  • Charger on Jan 08, 2006 at 3:50 am

    If the front suspensions are not stiff enough, cornering might just topple that thing.

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 08, 2006 at 3:59 am

    wahhh…more concept..all we malaysian can do is sayy wahhhhhhhhh…

    cos we never want to move ahead…just import them here or pasang here…

    now malaysians…repeat after me…WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH….

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  • WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…..

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  • this thing got roof or not? If no roof, park at my office, later afternoon, full with bird shit.

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 08, 2006 at 4:44 am

    oiiiii burn….u malaysian ka???..then no need to care about the car la… just say

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • Aris Tee on Jan 08, 2006 at 5:40 am

    oooh…. that's just so super cool… love the dash, the awesome rear wheel n details. i bet it'll be awesome to drive, but yeah, the practicality isn't there, no roof (bird poo n rain) and danger of our motorists. but still, it's a real nice concept…

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  • Matchy on Jan 08, 2006 at 6:42 am

    no roof + hot +rain + no doors = bad

    we are no f1 driver xD

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  • yhtan on Jan 08, 2006 at 7:09 am

    in Malaysia,this car sure cannot survive,

    just imagine how this car can overcome malaysia's bumpy road and those holes in road

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  • daniel on Jan 08, 2006 at 7:23 am

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • armand on Jan 08, 2006 at 7:54 am

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • dksh1892 on Jan 08, 2006 at 8:11 am

    WWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

    ahaha…no worries of the people on the road catching up tho.. =p super fast weh this 'thing'.. =p

    WWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

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  • @ bong on Jan 08, 2006 at 8:35 am

    maybe can intoruce in go-kart………

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  • The GX-3 is actually more a motorcycle first then a car. So you could look at it as a safer motorcycle. BTW, this thing can corner with a G-Force of 1.25G's, equal to some of the most extreme supercars.

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  • don^don on Jan 08, 2006 at 10:08 am

    i don c this car will topple, but it can drift, yeah belief tat!

    this is for the dirty rich!

    wwwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!~~~~~~~~~~

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  • Aesthari on Jan 08, 2006 at 11:23 am

    Cool, looks pretty stable, wouldn't worry about it toppling, would love to ride in it hehe. It isn't practical at all in Malaysia, but would make a good weekend car for those with money to burn.

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 08, 2006 at 1:50 pm

    weekend car for the rich with bird poo on their head….

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….

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  • WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • shaymen on Jan 08, 2006 at 5:50 pm

    yeah,i agreed…….

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

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  • shaymen on Jan 08, 2006 at 6:00 pm

    hmmmmmmmm…….wwwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

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  • macspeed on Jan 08, 2006 at 7:29 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • macspeed on Jan 08, 2006 at 7:30 pm

    if it has a bit of practicality like a roof n such I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 08, 2006 at 11:41 pm

    #

    macspeed said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:30 am

    if it has a bit of practicality like a roof n such I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

    —————————————————————————————————————-

    then AFTER u buy it,u go

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • shaymen on Jan 08, 2006 at 11:52 pm

    paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 3:41 pm

    #

    macspeed said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:30 am

    if it has a bit of practicality like a roof n such I WANT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!

    —————————————————————————————————————-

    then AFTER u buy it,u go

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    —————————————————————-

    of cause la…its a concept car what….ur suppose to say WWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!..when u see it.

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 09, 2006 at 12:15 am

    and its not malaysian made and design summore…mush be awed la….

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • clark_kent on Jan 09, 2006 at 1:29 am

    paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 4:15 pm

    and its not malaysian made and design summore…mush be awed la….

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    _____________________________________________________

    another cheer for that…woooohooo, main point —-> NOT MALAYSIAN MADE

    Run it around at Sepang, even marshalls will go….. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    macspeed rich guy, buy adi, we want to test run and "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" over it

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  • i'd get one if i'm filthy rich ….. drive it out on sunday evening ….. keep the speed at 15km/h …. and keep looking at all the amazed faces staring at ya~ priceless !

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 09, 2006 at 1:40 am

    in 10 years time…when free trade is on.and we all are farmers under current govt vision.all malaysian will go

    WAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    that's a white man's car…

    WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….

    even our politician at that time,which is by the way a farmer too with a farmers hat will go….

    is that a MOBIL PAK? WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

    So many people said:

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

    It's means we are all truly Malaysians

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 09, 2006 at 1:50 am

    ya la…we as malaysian must always be starstruck and awed when looking at a foreign made moving objects…….

    after much analysis by experts..they concluded malaysian can only say

    WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • paramsingwalia on Jan 09, 2006 at 1:53 am

    no matter how dumb and stoopid the object is…as long as its not made in malaysia…

    we will always respond with

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh

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  • paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:53 pm

    no matter how dumb and stoopid the object is…as long as its not made in malaysia…

    we will always respond with

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh

    —————————————————————-

    Agree,agree!!

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  • don^don on Jan 09, 2006 at 2:39 am

    what happens when this thingy goes pumchek?

    oooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww……………….

    p/s: cute eyes, big & small, izit endorsed by da rock?

    wwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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  • AntiStupid on Jan 09, 2006 at 2:58 am

    i wonder how strong the chassis is…..

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  • Twoxer Hayzen on Jan 09, 2006 at 3:42 am

    You'd better believe the Germans! They are planning to launch this car in the US by 2007 to boost flagging sales.

    Wolfgang Bernhard told journalists at the LA Car Show in California:

    "If we get positive feedback on this vehicle you can see it on the streets of California soon".

    Bernhard describes the US market as their "most important in the western hemisphere". VW's sales in the US fell 13% in 2005.

    I'd buy it!

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  • I am speechless at the comments I'm getting for my posts.

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  • Chapree Da Grande on Jan 09, 2006 at 7:36 am

    LOL.

    This concept car have promising prospects. Hope the final product will have roof. If not, during rain adoihh…

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  • ShaolinTiger on Jan 09, 2006 at 8:58 am

    STFU with the WAHHH already you noobasses.

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  • neurra on Jan 09, 2006 at 9:22 am

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    good concept for go-kart!

    Charger, center of gravity is very low la.. how can topple?

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  • Morgan Supersports revisited;-)

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  • Aris Tee on Jan 09, 2006 at 3:02 pm

    sigh… not many constructive comments eh? :-/

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  • EDDIE FANS on Jan 09, 2006 at 3:59 pm

    anyway, it's just a concept car……

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  • albagmane on Jan 09, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    gosh… disgusting…

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  • Stop spamming my comments box with your WAHs.

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  • buddy on Jan 09, 2006 at 7:10 pm

    update story about this WAHH
    http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen…

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  • homer (Member) on Jan 10, 2006 at 2:36 am

    i think th driver look a bit like the stig from top gear

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  • shooter (Member) on Jan 11, 2006 at 2:28 am

    i'd love to see this car(or wharever u call it) go against the Ariel Atom or any of those flyweight giant killers from the UK, should be interesting!!!

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