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VW says no to Defiant Motors: GX3 coffin nailed shut for good

Click image for a gallery of the VW GX3 concept Back in April, we reported on Defiant Motors' grassroots effort to resurrect the canceled Volkswagen GX3 program. The GX3, you'll remember, is a three-wheeler the German automaker debuted at the 2006 L.A. Auto show. Speculation that the GX3, technically a motorcycle, was on its way to production was fueled by spy photos showing prototypes undergoing testing. In the end, VW nixed the project, citing legal concerns over bringing the vehicle to market in a lawsuit-happy environment. Enter Defiant ... Read more →

Defiant Motors formed to lead grassroots VW GX3 revival effort Alex Nunez

click on the above image to view a high-res gallery of the VW GX3 var digg_url = 'http://www.digg.com/offbeat_news/Web_based_grassroots_effort_launched_to_revive_axed_VW_3_wheeler_program'; Most ...

KTM/Audi collab coming to fruition Damon Lavrinc

Way back in April, amidst all the cooing of the new TT, AutoExpress reported that motorcycle manufacture KTM was collaborating with Audi to make a lightweight roadster, squarely aimed at the Elise ...

It's official: Volkswagen drops the GX3 Stuart Waterman

Volkswagen has officially announced that it will not build the radical GX3 3-wheeler because of the potential for product liability issues in the U.S. market. The two-seater runabout was a huge hit ...

Volkswagen's GX3 to be nixed because of legal concerns? Stuart Waterman

Sadly, Volkswagen looks ready to pull the plug on its GX3 project, which only weeks ago looked set to put the three-wheeled star of this year's L.A. Auto Show in U.S. showrooms by 2007. AutoWeek ...

Volkswagen mulling external sales channel for genre-bending GX3 3 years ago on Autoblog

Volkswagen's shocking GX3, the California penned roadster-cum-motorcycle that rocked the Los Angeles Auto Show is likely to shake up the North American car market like few vehicles have in recent years -- provided it's a success. Many other world markets have a goodly number of oddball, small ...

GX3 prototype caught testing - production imminent? 3 years ago on Autoblog

The VW GX3 was the runaway hit of the rather staid L.A. Auto Show this past January. Volkswagen hinted at the possibly of producing the three-wheeler but, c’mon, we weren’t taking them seriously. It turns out there’s been enough positive reaction from the press and public to ...






Autoblog Podcast #154: Gobbling up the News

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