I've seen it before too, over a year ago if I recall correctly. It's the private car of the VW director, and it's called the V1 or something. Well, a short name with a 1 at the end.
I do not think a German company would be wise to call ANY of their products V1.
Nice concept...now let's see it used in a world like where I live; potholes, snow five months of the year, and psychotic mommies in Ford Excursions who do not use side mirrors.
vw also named their top of the range car after a greek who completely failed at riding the sky and died in the process... while in retrospect the name suits the car quite well dont for any moment assume that vws marketing department isnt capeable of such stupidity
and to quote dilbert:
Dilbert: How about Sisyphus? The guy who pushed a rock up a hill for eternity? That fits this project.
Pointy-Haired-Boss: Hmm, I like it. It conveys a sense of playfulness.
Dilbert: It's supposed to convey a sense of futility.
Pointy-Haried-Boss: You have to look at it from the rock's point of view.
Dogbert: As you probably know, all the good product names have been trademarked by companies who are competent.
Wally: Competent? How are we going to compete with that?
Dogbert: There's still plenty of names left in the area of Greek mythology, bodily secretions, diseases and everything involving intestines.
also to add some buying advice... if you want a bentley buy a used phaeton... you can get them in perfect nick for around 20k€
Looks like a modern version of a Messerschmitt KR200 I like it though, but the rear seat looks like only a midget would fit in there :P
I don't understand why they use a tiny diesel engine, small petrol engines run much quieter, smoother and cleaner (at the expense of a slightly higer fuel consumption, that's true).
Read the comments in the original posted link. People talking about safety, then explaining how F1 drivers survive 200+ mph crashes and those cars are very small. As if F1 crash survival has nothing to do with the tubular rollcage framing, racing seat, 5 point harness, hans device or similar, full helmets, fireproof racing suits, etc etc. Nope, all the safety of F1 crashes comes from the CF bodies..... sheesh....