Volkswagen GX3

The Volkswagen GX3 was a concept car created by project Moonraker, which was initiated by Stefan Liske, a former director of group product strategy at Volkswagen. It was first shown at the 2006 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show and was unusual because it had three wheels and was sometimes considered more a motorcycle than a car. It used a transverse-mounted 1.6 litre four-cylinder engine from the Lupo GTI that made 125 PS and a top speed of 200 km/h, with a six-speed manual gearbox, a tubular steel space frame and laminated body panels. It had two seats, no roof or windshield and a minimalist interior, intended as a weekend car with a projected price of about 17,000 US dollars. Volkswagen later concluded it could not sell the car without costly redesigns and dropped it, citing safety and legal concerns.