VW delivers XL1, world?s most fuel-efficient diesel-electric hybrid car with 313mpg r

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The VW XL1 has been sold to a buyer in Germany as the world's most fuel efficient car begins to roll out of production to the roads. Roads where it will be able to manage 313 miles per gallon.

The VW XL1 was first unveiled at The Geneva Motor Show this year. The car uses a 0.8-litre, two-cylinder TDI engine and electric motor with a 5.5kWh lithium-ion battery pack. That means it is capable of travelling on electric power alone for 31 miles, but using the hybrid system can eek out 313 miles on a single gallon of diesel.

The XL1 features a carbon fibre reinforced plastic body to keep weight down and centre of gravity low. Drivers can squeeze in 4.2 cubic feet of cargo in the 153-inch long car.

Before you rush out to find one, VW says it will only be making 250. The price is set in Euros at ?110,000 since it's only sold from Germany.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/vw-delivers-xl1-world-most-fuel-efficient-diesel-110200850.html#TORhINM

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Great I can now travel from London to Glasgow for just a gallon of fuel, 313mpg is something nobody ever imagined, and this is history.

[ifred]

Robin reliant first produced 1973 mpg 70 to 100 miles launch price ?900! (this was an improvement to the regal from 1953)
VW XL1 313mpg plastic body cost €110, 000
Its taken the German's 40 years to produce a re-modelled plastic pig ............Classic!!!!!!
If you bought a Reliant then ?900 you'll get more than 40 year running cost with change from ?100,000 and lots of rolling of laugh's for free
Rolling a Reliant Robin - Top Gear - BBC - YouTube

[gmb45]

sooner drive a plaggy pig tbh http://www.reliantownersclub.co.uk/robin.html made till 2002

[Meat-Head]

sooner drive a plaggy pig tbh Reliant Robin made till 2002

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Bet you haven't worked on the limited anniversary edition , dashboard out AND fkucjed the threads hold the steering colum in.

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[GastonJ]

Didn't they have those cars in the 1970's, I'm sure I recall them from the series UFO
As for the car itself, wouldn't try driving one on the UK roads, the car will either be eaten by one of the numerous potholes or be smashed on the speedbumps, and and if it does 6 times as many mpg as most cars, the road tax will be ?3,000 a year to make up for it.

[Canker_Canison]

I've just had a quick look around...and can't find any performance figures other than the MPG. No 0-60 figures, not even from topgear.

So. It's a probably slow XL1, a Porsche 918 or BMW i3 or i8. Ok the Porsche & i8 might be pushing the price a bit to high. But at least you have power as well as economy.