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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 liters 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 liter 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.

49 Comments »

  1. shaymen said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 6:12 pm

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

  2. brznttskn said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 7:11 pm

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

  3. eRis-Aeir4s said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 7:30 pm

    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.

  4. Charger said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 7:50 pm

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

  5. paramsingwalia said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 7:59 pm

    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….

  6. afif said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 8:26 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…..

  7. burn said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 8:30 pm

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

  8. paramsingwalia said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 8:44 pm

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

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  9. Aris Tee said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 9:40 pm

    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…

  10. Matchy said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 10:42 pm

    no roof + hot +rain + no doors = bad
    we are no f1 driver xD

  11. yhtan said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 11:09 pm

    in Malaysia,this car sure cannot survive,
    just imagine how this car can overcome malaysia’s bumpy road and those holes in road

  12. daniel said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 11:23 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  13. armand said,

    January 7, 2006 @ 11:54 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  14. dksh1892 said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 12:11 am

    WWWWAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

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

    WWAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!

  15. @ bong said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 12:35 am

    maybe can intoruce in go-kart………

  16. Chun said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 12:46 am

    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.

  17. don^don said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 2:08 am

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

    this is for the dirty rich!

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

  18. Aesthari said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 3:23 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.

  19. paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:50 am

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

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….

  20. swee said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 8:21 am

    WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  21. shaymen said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 9:50 am

    yeah,i agreed…….

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

  22. shaymen said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 10:00 am

    hmmmmmmmm…….wwwwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

  23. macspeed said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:29 am

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  24. macspeed said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:30 am

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

  25. 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  26. shaymen said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 3:52 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.

  27. paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 4:15 pm

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

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

  28. clark_kent said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:29 pm

    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

  29. Bob said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:38 pm

    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 !

  30. paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:40 pm

    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

  31. afif said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:44 pm

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………
    So many people said:

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

    It’s means we are all truly Malaysians

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…………

  32. paramsingwalia said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 5:50 pm

    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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  33. 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

  34. afif said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 6:08 pm

    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!!

  35. don^don said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 6:39 pm

    what happens when this thingy goes pumchek?

    oooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww……………….

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

    wwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  36. AntiStupid said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 6:58 pm

    i wonder how strong the chassis is…..

  37. Twoxer Hayzen said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 7:42 pm

    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!

  38. Paul said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:09 pm

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

  39. Chapree Da Grande said,

    January 8, 2006 @ 11:36 pm

    LOL.

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

  40. ShaolinTiger said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 12:58 am

    STFU with the WAHHH already you noobasses.

  41. neurra said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 1:22 am

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    good concept for go-kart!
    Charger, center of gravity is very low la.. how can topple?

  42. Oz said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 1:47 am

    Morgan Supersports revisited;-)

  43. Aris Tee said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 7:02 am

    sigh… not many constructive comments eh? :-/

  44. EDDIE FANS said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 7:59 am

    anyway, it’s just a concept car……

  45. albagmane said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 10:39 am

    gosh… disgusting…

  46. Paul said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 11:00 am

    Stop spamming my comments box with your WAHs.

  47. buddy said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 11:10 am

    update story about this WAHH
    http://www.vwvortex.com/artman/publish/volkswagen_news/article_1647.shtml

  48. homer said,

    January 9, 2006 @ 6:36 pm

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

  49. shooter said,

    January 10, 2006 @ 6:28 pm

    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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