Volkswagen’s GX3 to be nixed because of legal concerns?
Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Government/Legal, Safety, Volkswagen
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 reports that concerns about U.S. liability laws have driven a stake through the heart of the project, which, although not officially dead, is at best on life-support.
Although the trike would have been classified as a motorcycle, with safety standards vastly different than an automobile’s, it sounds like VW lawyers are concerned that the GX3 was just too car-like for (their) comfort.
We really can’t blame VW, but we’d sure like to blame somebody… a few staffers are ready to hold a candlelight vigil in hopes that the German automaker will have a change of heart.
[Sources: AutoWeek; Volkswagen]
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Written by Chris Paukert on May 14th, 2006 with
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#1. May 15th, 2006, at 6:58 AM.
Count me in on the candlelight vigil.
Seriously, I would buy one of these the second they were in the showrooms. But alas, dealing with lawyers and people who sue for stupid stuff. Oh well. Keep the fight going Volkswagen!