Design Volkswagen XL1
If you drove a Volkswagen XL1, you’d be unlikely to encounter anything like it coming the other way. That’s because VW plans to build only 250 copies of its 283-mpg hyper-hybrid, and also because GM long ago crushed most of its EV1s, from which the XL1 looks almost entirely plagiarized.
Just 45.4 inches tall, the XL1 is half an inch lower than a Lamborghini Gallardo, and it would be impossible for anyone but Tom Thumb dipped in Vaseline to enter through conventional doors.
Even so, normal people climbing in have to bow deeply under the forward-winged hatches, step over a sill that is nearly a foot wide, and drop into a body that clears the ground by a mere three inches. If you expect this Volkswagen XL1 to be a sports car, with its proportions and ultra-lightweight carbon-fiber tub with attached aluminum crash structures and body panels, you are mistaken. Push the starter button to see.
Engine Volkswagen XL1
Specifications
VEHICLE TYPE: mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 2-passenger, 2-door coupe
ENGINE TYPE: turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 8-valve 800-cc diesel inline-2, 47 hp, 89 lb-ft; AC permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor, 27 hp, 103 lb-ft; combined system, 68 hp, 103 lb-ft
TRANSMISSION: 7-speed dual-clutch automatic
DIMENSIONS:
Wheelbase: 87.6 in
Length: 153.1 in
Width: 65.6 in Height: 45.4 in
Curb weight: 1800 lb
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