Well, not quite, 1.38 L/100 km, but it rounds down, I guess. Volkswagen shows L1 concept car in Frankfurt. You can read about it here in a "mixed mess" of Customary and metric units, suited to completely confusing the American consumer: http://autos.yahoo.com/auto-shows/frankfurt_auto_show_2009/1106/Volkswagen-L1-Concept Or you can read about it here, which has a brief intro. then the company's press release, which is entirely metric and gives considerably more insight. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/14/frankfurt-2009-volkswagen-l1-concept-the-most-fuel-efficient/ As usual, the American press assumes Americans can't take too much metric, and create an article that confuses more than it informs. Reality dictates looking for foreign sources for foreign news (but beware the various UK articles using the Imperial gallon to incorrectly claim 282 mpg)
