Volkswagen does not build many cars like the Volkswagen GX3: a 3-wheel, 2-seat roadster with 1.6 , built from 2006 in the decade of stability control, dual-clutch gearboxes and the first serious hybrids.
Where it came from
The Volkswagen GX3 was a concept car created by project Moonraker, which was initiated by Stefan Liske, former director of group product strategy at Volkswagen. The GX3 was first shown at the 2006 Greater Los Angeles Auto Show. It was considered an unusual concept, since it was three-wheeled and sometimes considered more of a motorcycle rather than a car, but it did feature good performance for a projected cost of only about US$17,000.
Under the skin
Under the skin sits 1.6 . The gearbox is a 6-speed manual. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Audi R8, the Nissan Qashqai, the Nissan GT-R. Nearby in the Volkswagen catalogue sit the Volkswagen Apollo and the Volkswagen Routan.