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VW to build 1-litre car by 2009 - report

May 30, 2007, 5:04 GMT

Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen is planning to produce a car with a fuel consumption of only one litre per 100 km by the year 2009, according to German press reports.

The AUTOStrassenverkehr magazine reports the car, fitted with a diesel engine, would have a weight of only 290 kilogrammes with a single passenger seat situated behind the driver.

It is based on a prototype that was unveiled by VW in 2002 and used by VW board chairman Ferdinand Piech to travel to a shareholder meeting in Hamburg, the report said.

The prototype was fitted with a 22 kW/30 hp diesel motor.

A VW spokesman refused to confirm the report but said the company was working continuously on fuel-saving measures.