The 1 liter per 100 km car

It's real! And it's a VW. It is very small though, but it appears it is "very safe" nonetheless. And no it ain't turbo compressed ;) It produces a mere 8.5 HP at 4000 RPM and 18.4 Nm of torque but considering its super low weight (640 lb !!) it shouldn't be that bad.

What's too bad though is that this article was written in 2002 and we are now in 2007... and we never got to hear back from them. Why isn't the car in production? way too costly?

And I'll leave you on this brilliant comment from a user about the car

Does it have to look like a space penis?

I guess you decide.
Here's the full article here:
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/vw1litre.htm

Wikipedia info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_1-litre_car