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WHEELS: The VW 1-LITRE CAR

Green light for the 120-kilometre-per-hour prototype that consumes just 0.99 of a litre of diesel per 100 kilometres.

Back in 2002, at the 42nd Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Volkswagen AG in Hamburg, VW presented: the 1-litre car. The prototype was driven under its own power from Wolfsburg to Hamburg while achieving an average fuel consumption of just 0.89 litres per 100 kilometres.

Six years on and with petrol prices climbing with almost each passing day, VW have now greenlit production of the lean, green machine expected to sell for between 20,000 and 30,000 Euro ($41,200 to $61,800).

The wind tunnel-crafted body is 3.47 metres long but just 1.25 metres wide and just over a metre in height, and is made completely of carbon fibre composites. To save weight, it is of course not painted. The carbon-fibre-reinforced outer skin is tensioned over a spaceframe that is not made of aluminium but rather of magnesium, which is even lighter.

The 1-litre car is powered by a one-cylinder diesel engine, centrally positioned in front of the rear axle and combined with an automated direct shift gearbox. The crankcase and cylinder head of the 0.3-litre engine are of an aluminium monobloc construction.

The naturally-aspirated, direct-injection diesel engine employs advanced high-pressure unit injection technology to generate 6.3 kW (8.5 bhp) at 4,000 rpm. This gives the vehicle, which weighs just 290 kilograms, a respectable power-to-weight ratio.

But best of all is the fact that fuel consumption is a mere 0.99 of a litre per 100 kilometres. With a 6.5-litre tank, this gives a range of some 650 kilometres without refuelling.

Due to the restriction of space, it was not possible to adapt an existing gearbox. For this reason, a compact, automated 6-speed gearbox is employed, which is controlled from a turn switch in the cockpit.

Running gear made of lightweight alloy tyres that offer optimised rolling resistance and 16-inch wheels made of extremely lightweight composite material perfectly complement the economical drive system.

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