VW's Malibu-based Moonraker program's first child has been officially euthanized. When it debuted at the LA Auto Show this past January, VW was rumored to be bringing it to production. According to Wolfsburg's man-in-the-States Adrian Hallmark, "It would not have been possible for us to build the GX3 with the purity…
Ruh roh. Apparently, VW's lawyers have cyanided the wacky three-wheeled GX3 that was even closer to production than we'd realized. The boys in Hethel (otherwise known as Lotus) were advising the Dubyas on methods of low-vol production while retaining viable mershness for the two-seater. What's more, the car had been…
Oh, you thought that thumbnail of an open-wheel roadster was of an Ariel Atom, or some track-day Caterham or reworked Formula Vee? Nuh uh. It's that wacky VW GX3 three-wheeler the company showed off at the Los Angeles Auto Show this past January. Edmunds has the shots and the scoop, the upshot of which may be that VW…
Spurred by the revelation of VW's GX3 at the Los Angeles Auto Show earlier today, reader Mark writes in to point out that "VW have simply built themselves an ugly T-Rex with a weaker engine." We're not totally sold on the GX3's looks, but we can't say we're in love with the appearance of the T-Rex by any stretch of the…
Put a bunch of V-Dubya types together in Malibu and whaddaya get? 1,267 lbs that'll outcorner a 'Vette. The result of Volkswagen's Project Moonraker
