In 2002, Volkswagen came up with a bold vision – it wanted to produce a car with a consumption of less than one liter per hundred kilometers. At the time, many experts were pointing fingers, and the lay public was also very skeptical. However, the year 2011 showed that the Wolfsburg car company is serious about it, and 2013 only confirmed it.
In Geneva , all non-believers will receive a solid answer – the serial form of the XL1 concept from 2011 , which hasn't changed that much since then. Both the futuristic front part and the swing doors remained.
However, the drive of the car was polished. It is powered by a two-cylinder diesel 0.8 TDI with a total output of 48 hp, assisted by an electric motor with a output of 27 hp. It takes energy from lithium-ion batteries with a capacity of 5.5 kWh. The entire power is then transferred to the road by a seven-speed dual-clutch DSG transmission .
Despite the poor performance, the XL1 is able to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 12.7 seconds, and the maximum speed is an almost respectable 160 km/h. All this with a standard consumption of 0.9 l/100 km and emissions of only 21 g CO2/km! Speaking of driving performance, the XL1 can travel 50 km on electricity, then another 499 on diesel.
But it's not for free, because the German factory spent hours in the wind tunnel before they managed to achieve that the body has a drag coefficient cx of 0.189 . Work was also done on lightening, so that the 3888 mm long machine weighs only 795 kg .
Technically, the XL1 is also quite interesting. The front axle is composed of double wishbones , while the rear axle offers semi-trailing arms. The model's specialty is ceramic brake discs .
In the first batch, Volkswagen will produce only 50 cars by hand. They are silent about the price and possible further production of the car company.
Source: Volkswagen
