The Volkswagen L1 Concept

[thetwopointslow]

The best part is that Volkswagen can make an extremely efficient car and still make it look phenomenal. All the stuff that comes reeling out of Japan is disgustingly over-styled

[PolBatoNa86]

Так вот он какой... гроб на колесах!

[lovemusictech]

VW need to build something like this on a larger size similar design as the new T2 Bus.

It would look sick.

[1983vanillasky]

where to charge this car ?only at home or from any socket

[SolarAbyss]

I have a VW beetle TDI with 286,000 miles and it still gets 48 mpg. I will not buy another car until the L1 is available

[ElNigro7XBLive]

id put some street glow on that bitch and call it a light cycle

[YOYOdaMOOSE]

fuggin smexy

[TheBene1995]

its not bad! but your driving with that peacefully on a road and the a car or a truck crashes in to you! not much % of survival...

[pwoeijcw]

a car for midgets lol

[dennisjonkristensen]

year all good but damn it´s ugly

[intoxicologist]

i cant believe they are not going to make it!!!! they are going to make the XL1 instead!!! idiots source

[LlSExtremE]

Вот сделали б лучше его нормальным, в смысле дизайн то может и ничего, но узкость машины смотрится как-то по детски!

[SuicidalLooney]

I'm very curious to know how well this does in crash test, mostly side impacts from a large size SUV type vehicle

[180970q]

говно какоето

[hes1bel]

Дрочь

[AlternalTrance]

i like it!

[theSTEPHENSHOW1]

im only 14 and i want this car i mean like its just awesome

[mquiroz90]

the Future of vehicles man!!

[940622431520]

this is beautifull but i think its kinda rediculous to drive in it why dont they make is wider and 4 seater than its like one of my favorite cars next to mercedes sls

[rock3tcat]

Even if it didn't achieve the safety standards, I would still trade in safety to drive something as cool as this... :D

But still props to the engineers for achieving all of these goals!

[Erithlon]

People in big hummers or gmc cars have a small pee-pee.

[SuperKenny720]

@Erithlon could you not spell peins and have to say pee pee, What are you twelve?

[Erithlon]

@SuperKenny720 Umadbro?

[SuperKenny720]

@Erithlon Yes all the time. Puls I drive a big truck... sorry for expolding at you. =/

[MILSIMairborneranger]

wow thats retarded SUV's all the way screw full efficacy cars!

[junus45]

USUALY ALL OF MY GIRLFRIENDS HAS A UGLY GIRL FRIENDS, THAT CAR JUST FOR MY I WON'T HAVE TO GET THOSE UGLY FRIENDS NO MORE HA HA HA

[johnmejia316]

i bet i can run over that car with a little kids bike

[TheNotoriousKRP]

Sustainable power > Extreme power saving techniques

[ANDRENRIQUE17]

muiiitoo loko

[zanastux]

HIS VOICE IS SO BORING

[newnamedanyy]

to gay man i hate car of futures xDDD to boring i wana hear SOUND babe

[MrLeenderd]

damn those voices are boring why cant bas rutten commetate this .... >.>

[daveeuforia]

their should be speed limit set to your country in each vehicle. if the maximum is 120 km.(for example) . why the hell do they fabricate vehicles that can operate at a much higher speed. if we all know this is hazardous¿

[JahSmokebuds]

@daveeuforia cuz its fun :)

[daveeuforia]

@JahSmokebuds thousands of car provoked deaths: fun to you?... guess people will never change...

[JahSmokebuds]

@daveeuforia ur name has the word euphoria in it ... you're telling me you've never had fun at the expense of safety? grow some balls

[oskarkarrera]

AH MAN NO FUCKING IN IT !!!!!

[lpijls]

Finally a concept for my daily travel to work on THE highway. This can replace all these enormous inefficiënt SUV'S with only 1person in it. All other eco-concepts are focussed on short distance citytravel; nice for shopping, but completely unsuitable for men on the way for their work.

[SpockOfRock]

This is really great design, and I can't wait for it to come to the United States. The only problem I can see with it is ground clearance. It should operate fine on smooth roads but what happens when you hit a pothole or hit a rough piece of road somewhere? Love the car though, would love to see them on the American roads soon.

[LightingSight]

Lovely piece of shit :D

[ChristopherJManess]

General Motors already had the Cd of .195 with the EV1.

The greedy industry ruined it's chances of success, since all they care about is profit.

[banacek8675]

Its safer than a motor cycle

[dendrov]

i can already see the some to be owners being laughed at by their friends for driving a dildo to work

[lulem400]

how much? bet they wont sell it in the US

[hudcofudco]

i'd love to drive one, cool :)

[ieatlotsoftoast]

there will be an american version with extra space so you can get all those pies and pizzas in

[Lewis1711]

My God can this show pronounce nothing correctly? Volkswagon, Frankfurt, Murcielago...please, just stop.

[ratpie]

won't this roll over when u turn?

[Sauriant]

@ratpie No, according to an Ecogeek article this car has an excellent roll avoidance system that makes it nearly impossible to roll.

[rolfinator1]

tips over at high speed corners LOL

[TheGrillinfool]

I want one. But where are the severly over weight Mormons going to put their all there children? hahaha stupid mormons.

[myescapeproductions]

i want to see it try and got around corners at speed. lol

[soureysen]

this car needs a race version for sheer straight line speed due to its aeodynamics. imagine 200bhp in a 380kg car. its nice looking though and may not be the best car in terms of cornering ability

[westeh]

This car would roll over at high cornering speeds. it is a gimmick and only the begining of what is to come. I would not waste my money on something like this.

[powerage112]

You're obviously an idiot. Don't speak about that which you do not know.

[westeh]

You are the idiot it has the same principals as the solar car when it comes to chassis and sterring mechanisms and they have a turning circle of a bus therefore cornering capability of an elephant. This "experiment" does not have the abilities our top sports cars have today. You Sir are the idiot now fuck off kthnxbi

[powerage112]

@westeh No, see.. you missed the whole point. A bus has the turning circle of a bus, but it's still driven safely on roads. No one gives a shit about sports performance with this car. Get over the idea that everyone wants to race. Want cornering capability? Buy an MX5.

Judging from your poor ability to grasp the PURPOSE of this car, I'd suppose you're around 15.

[westeh]

@powerage112 ... Do me a favour and take your mothers underpants off they are starting to stink.

[D13fledermause]

@powerage112 Yeah man, there's nothing quite as much fun as needing a 4 point turn to get into a parking spot in a miniature automobile.

[powerage112]

@D13fledermause Right, because you know exactly what the fuck you're talking about.

[purpleGoAhead]

i'd pefer the "old" 1-liter-concept from vw, powered by a single-cylinder diesel with 0.3l it needs LESS than 1 liter without expensive hybrid technology at all... but both would be a real enrichment for our streets :)

[winterhawkwa]

Looks like a really, really nice go-kart.

[skodia]

ill rather ride an R1,

[psy06]

why do people make shit like this? its like a coffin on wheels. maybe if everything on the roads was this small it be alright but when you got trucks and other big machines on the same road its really not very practical.

[yawakoben]

every country isnt filled with hummers like the US

[Zaemyster]

this comment doesn't make sense? so because my commodore isn't as big as the truck im overtaking, my car isn't practical?

[jnavag54]

@psy06 Wel that's because you think wold is US, europe and japan have many small cars and this is a hit ,i do not like but Europe will be very happy

[heycolslaw]

I wonder what kind of suspension (if any) this baby rides on?

[wilkes85]

Looks like something out of the Jetsons! Still though, I'd like a car with a little more room.

[heycolslaw]

Being so lightweight, how does it do in crosswinds?

[obshtia]

It's cool but it's not for the roads in Eastern europe or Britain

[MrDRAGWAY]

Copy of Citroen...

[heycolslaw]

What can I expect to pay for on of these?

[ttkingpong]

600 dollars u.s

[MrZimme95]

orka

[kickit246]

LOL, that things hilarious, go over a speed bump and tip over! :P

[ericgolan123]

cool man!!

[imanerd36]

Looks the the EV1 on crack.

[nickmilesmiller]

the dude that talks sound pretty dead to me.. jesus christ how boring

[jcowns]

Looks awesome.

[KLINTENATOR]

looks very cool

[MrTrey76]

LMFAO

[TheNiggGgga]

fettes auto aba einmal ein unfall und dann nie wieda !!!!^^

[hollowman113]

seriously ...its more like a luxury..Futuristic..DEATH TRAP!

[Jkub101]

the most boring review ive seen of a hot toy

[shnardge]

one question. How the fuck do you negotiate a speed hump in that low ass shitbox

[kolo909]

wouldent go fast enough to need a speed bump...

[Gnometower]

there are neither speed bumps nor pot holes in Germany, so that's not a big deal

[wolf198434]

the safety is of course included with 5 stars of the ncap crash test, so you can come with your suv but the volkswagen is truely safety!!!

[Krotti]

If you crash that, you're gonna fucking die...

[quwers]

Don't crash it then.

[adamY2K]

VW stopp!!.

I love your cars, stop making diesel everything !!!.

Add some petrol back into your lineup.

Make somemore W12's W8's in petrol form.

[alben982]

I like it MUCH better than a Smart car. I don't think it would be used much in highways, this is more like a city car. Center of balance is lower than that of a tall SUV, this won't roll over as easy as most people will think, and c'mon, it's Volkswagen, they don't put shit cars out.

[die4race]

this car can't :

a : run at high speed in corners

b : survive a crash with a suv's...

c : Fit a fatass

d : have sex in it

[whodare]

lmfao!!!

[bigsmatchy]

by the time it's production ready, it'll look like a smart car.

[wyrwich]

holy shit i want one

[tekinak007]

lmao, I would like to see that in a crahs vs anything bigger than a bicycle... i mean seriously..

[hockeyplaya466]

top heavy as hell

[Lambo6fo]

I hate safty standards, Let's just take all the stupid drivers with their huge vehicules off the road and their wouldnt be a problem. If you buy a big vehicle because you need to be safe, it means your a lazy paranoid dumb ass that can't drive.

[chinojk]

hmm what if you have 3 kids

[Lambo6fo]

Mistubishi Evo X ;)

[SeitxiS]

a guy with 3 kids will never buy this car eheh :)

[giankyPR2]

then dont bye it ;)

[tekinak007]

I drive the largest thing on the road I can, and I am one of the safest drivers around, its because I dont trust other people to do the same... there are so many retards on the road that if ever I am in a crash... i dont care if they die... so long as I walk out without a scratch.

[plcains]

Unless its your fault, then you hope they survive otherwise your screwed.

[tekinak007]

Eh, if I am in the right... I wont be screwed. I might have their death on my concience, thats about it. So here is hoping that I stay in the right :P

[bergi85]

@Lambo6fo You obviously don't have children or you wouldn't say that. I have a Lexus RX300 which isn't huge, but it a lot safer than that.

[acidzephyrs]

@Lambo6fo Lazy paranoid dumbass that cant drive, but is alive.....stupid

[daveeuforia]

@Lambo6fo no i think there should be safety standards. relying on yourself nowaydays simply isnt enough for your own safety.. if people are paranoid . that means that they read up more on these things than you do. because driving a vehicle in this generation is practically throwing yourself into suicide

[deedundone]

@Lambo6fo i want one. and it is a good thing to have saftey standards. it is beyond iterating though, that i cant import a car built by Renault for christ sake, because it "doent meet them"...........Trust me, men dont drive big gas wasters and environment killers to be safe. they think its cool, caring is gay. giving a shit is gay. the pruis is gay. saving energy is gay..........its abut damn time every car manufacturer simply stopped making bulking trucks and told them all to go to hell.......

[mquiroz90]

@deedundone soon or later fossil fuel be very gone that we use solar and hydrogen watch is very better maybe nitrogen

[kiirbstomp]

lets see the crash test.

[Mlafster]

LOL

[boricla]

will look like an f1 crash.

[hoh8511no]

awesine

[flea160]

At first i thought it was hovering.

[ic400classic]

WTF!!!! What if you are in flood water? Dose this casket on wheels float as well as be arodynamic and fuel efficient? This is the clown car of the future, Ha Ha }:-D

[andreirotarucatalin]

The design is nice/cool/futuristic, but it's not so practical.

[ballparknitrous]

This won't go over too well in the U.S. Side end crash with a truck and you and your passenger are screwed.

[bfayer]

american's won't fit into that car lol

[Didzilla]

Haha! You are sooo right.

[PepeFabos]

half of them no

[Lambo6fo]

i agree :)

[ChristopherJManess]

@bfayer Time to hit the gym!

[svwestendorp]

Ha, I'm driving the car which they show at 0:40 to the right!

[ChristopherJManess]

@svwestendorp The one with the cloaking device? Awesome!

[RaIphLauren]

i cant imagine driving that thing in the winter

[danteslight]

I want that car so fucking badly.

[5botball]

what about speed bumps?

[erenei]

inmagin the result on crash test haha boooom

[AndrewForPresident1]

I would so by that! lol

[mymello]

isnt it too low.. what if you hit a bump on the road? other than that it looks great.

[metallicaSG]

It's stylish. But i dont know why i feel depressed seeing this type of cars. i mean come on, next thing you know we're living in space quarters and wearing weirdass clothes - i dont wanna see bits of world history get lost. like american muscle cars!

[ZZmemberZZ]

Who the fuck will buy it. By 2013 there will be a better car by someone else. I'd like to see that get hit by a another car and survive. Well its a car and a coffin in one.

[medaa25]

if you think that people who ride motorcycle or even bicycles on the road are better protected then you're are fooling yourself.

And in 2013 that car will still look amazing.

[labearla]

looks like it came out from the game Wipeout~

[samfad12]

ya but how much?

[aenigmate]

It's the size of a shoe XD

[jeremytones]

yeah your fucked if u get hit on a motorcycle too so whats the difference. id rather have this though

[emadu25]

the video says they decided safety would not be compromised, so I reckon it is safer than a motorcycle.

[Jeust0999]

i like my v12 more.

[tannersanta]

I need to something like that for my lengthy commute.

[Coribec]

Cool, unless you have kids.

[deltagraph]

170 mpgs what!

[swajblogger]

what we need are electro-magnet driven pods controlled by computerized hamsters

[swajblogger]

but you will die when a big rig fails to see you or any normal-sized car

[iiix808xiii]

not fat guy proof

[goldtalon44]

your fucked if you get hit

[swajblogger]

but why does it make you so nervous?

[teacherphysics]

i could make one better than this

[teacherphysics]

too narrow

[excitedsynapses]

fascinating. very futuristic!

[chaneyawesome]

it looks like a tron lightcycle hahaha

[nochivas]

looks like a Coffin.

[remy5858]

Exactly!! a fucking coffin

[digitallysick]

I would buy this right now if it was available!!!

[PearlofRocketland]

holy christ. A carbon fiber body? If it is carbon fiber, I am sure it is probably safer then most vehicles in production today, but that tiny car is probably worth a half million dollars. LOL.

[BIGIRISH1]

No matter how safe it is or isn't it's still safer than riding a bike, so whats the problem people? looks like to me if you got in a wreck it would be just like it would in a regular car only both sides are now a drivers side impact, that and this things gonna get knocked a ways but still less than a motorcycle. I bet it's got a roll cage, if it does it's probly just as safe as any other sub compact or safer.

[shadowace421]

yea but think about this thing adapting to society, most people would see it fragile and wimpy, ontop of that how much is that thing? It is effeciant but it can only replaces already small cars. We still need trucks and vans, busses, cop cars, tow trucks, vehicals that are meant to be big in general

[502502]

The problem is, what if you have a girlfriend? You wanna bring her on a date and have to leave her at the back seat? How about a family? How about a bunch of pals for a party?

[shadowace421]

yea and if you were in a car accident with a normal car your going to end up on the rooftop of walmart or something

[officialtouchdown]

this car is not for america thats for sure...europeans only

[GalryZ]

Yeah...I mean how the fuck is YOUR fat ass gonna fit in there?

[771274]

And what happens once you go over a speed bump?

[0tofu0]

Haha I would like to know myself

[shadowace421]

lol, you end up on the rooftop of a walmart

[GalryZ]

You die.

[tekkenhalo]

It doesn't look very safe, maybe Carbon Fiber will be safer by 2013? :)

[istman11]

i bet it has horrible handling

[JoshuaCraZe]

Looks like my dildo.

Cool car btw.

[darkside3704]

Agreed it does look like a dildo not to mention one accident an your dead.

[PPKLU]

not if everybody drives the samething lol

[DoubleEyeDominance]

Is your mind only capable of relating the image of the vehicle to that of a dildo, while not being able to sustain an average attention span to comprehend the fact that it was built under "non negotiable preconditions" to optimize safety, and durability?

How do you not understand that one of the main focuses on this vehicle was safety?

And besides that, how in the world does it look like a dildo? Unless this vehicle can fit in your ass, I don't think there should be any comparison.

[tekkenhalo]

You must have a huge vagina!

[dfherrero]

honestly, i would not drive this (safety, comfortability, etc.). Although i've got to admit it looks really futuristic and I don't think the idea that one day cars will start looking more like this is crazy.

[warlock110]

2013, by that time we probably run out of fuel already, great timing by volkswagen. How about NOW? that shit be selling like hot cakes.

[likemic05]

It looks nice but what happens when you get in an accident? Your dead INSTANTLY. The insurance on this thing is probably more than the gas you would pay to drive a regular car. SMH.

[Scrol1]

is it a car for midgets?