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Volkswagen rolled out a concept in Frankfurt that might just be the most unbelievable car we’ve ever seen.

The L1 uses an electric motor, tiny diesel engine and lightweight carbon-fiber body to manage 157 miles a gallon. It comes billed as the most efficient car in the world. But you have you’ll have to flip a coin to decide who — you or your friend — get to sit in the single front or single back seat.

Volkswagen explains that the “seat layout fitting this design goal was dictated by the uncompromising aerodynamic form of a glider: one seat behind the other.”

The L1 shows just how small VW can make a diesel engine these days. It’s a 0.8-liter two-cylinder turbodiesel derived from another twice its capacity. The engine works in tandem with a lithium-ion battery and the electric motors. The contraption also depends on a seven-speed transmission, a direct shift gearbox. Don’t expect blinding takeoffs from a stop: L1 takes 14.3 seconds to reach 62 miles per hour.

Cutting wind drag, there is no outside or inside rear-view mirror — only a rear-view camera.

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