Volkswagen 1-litre car

The Volkswagen 1-litre car is a two-person concept car produced by Volkswagen. The 1-litre car was designed to be able to travel 100 km on 1 litre of diesel fuel, while being both roadworthy and practical. To achieve such economy, it is produced with lightweight materials, a streamlined body and an engine and transmission designed and tuned for economy. The concept car was modified first in 2009 as the L1 and again in 2011 as the XL1.

A limited production of 250 units began by mid 2013 and pricing starts at €111,000. The Volkswagen XL1 plug-in diesel-electric hybrid will be available only in Europe and it can deliver an all-electric range of 50 km, has a fuel economy of 0.9 l/100 km under the NEDC cycle and produces emissions of 21 g/km of CO2.

In February 2012, Volkswagen confirmed that it would build a limited series of XL1s starting in 2013.
At the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show senior VW exec Ferdinand Piëch claimed the car would be available by the end of the decade.

Around June 2008 car magazines were reporting a powerplant change to a two-cylinder diesel-electric hybrid. Volkswagen only expected the car to be a limited production run, and prices were expected by one industry insider to fall somewhere between €20,000 and €30,000.

In February 2013, Volkswagen announced that it expected the plug-in hybrid to achieve a fuel economy to be 0.9 l/100 km and emissions of 21 g/km of CO2. The test cycle allows for a re-charge of the battery every 75 km which results in a high mpg value. Using diesel alone the car is capable of up to 2.0 l/100 km. As with the 2011 concept XL1, it is powered by a 800 cm3 two-cylinder diesel engine with 35 kW and a 20 kW electric motor, delivering power to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. The drag coefficient has increased slightly from 0.186 to 0.189. The production version is expected to deliver an all-electric range of 50 km .

The production version of the plug-in diesel-electric hybrid was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Production began by mid 2013 and it will be limited to 250 units. A total of 50 units had been built by early September 2013, and the remaining 200 XL1s are scheduled to be built in the second quarter of 2014. Pricing starts at €111,000 and the XL1 will be available in Europe only. Retail deliveries are scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2014.

Of the 250 units to be produced, 200 will be sold to retail customers. Volkswagen opened a registration process for interested customers that closed on October 18, 2013. Because more than 200 potential buyers registered, a draft will be conducted to select the customers with a purchase option for the available cars. They will be offered a purchase contract and after the payment of a €20,000 deposit, the purchase agreement for a XL1 will be binding.

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