Here’s a one seater car that will get you back and forth to work on the cheap…

This $600 Volkswagen car gets 258mpg, 109.687km/l or 0.9 litre per 100km!

This car is not a toy; it is ready to be released in China next year.

The single seater aero car totes VW (Volkswagen) branding.Volkswagen did a lot of very highly protected testing of this car in Germany; it was not announced until now where the car would make its first appearance.

The car was introduced at the VW stockholders meeting as the most economical car in the world. The initial objective of the prototype was to prove that one litre of fuel could deliver 100km of travel.

Its Spartan interior does not sacrifice safety; the impact and roll-over protection is comparable to that of a GT racing car.

The aero design proved essential to getting the desired result.The body is 3.47 meters long and just 1.25 meters wide, and a little over a meter high. The prototype was made completely of carbon fiber and is not painted to save weight.

The power plant is a one cylinder diesel, positioned ahead of the rear axle and combined with an automatic shift controlled by a knob in the interior.

Fast facts:

Better than Electric Car – 258 miles/gallon: IPO 2010 in Shanghai

This is a single-seat car

From conception to production: three years and the company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany

Will be selling for 4000 Yuan, equivalent to US $600

Gas tank capacity = 1.7 gallons

Speed = 62 – 74.6 miles/hour

Fuel efficiency = 258 miles/gallon

Travel distance with a full tank = 404 miles or 646km