Volkswagen XL1: Plans for fuel saver as a sports version
VW plans, according to the Austrian magazine “Auto Review”, offering its fuel-saving motor home to expand and produce a XL1 XL Sport . Such plans has presented the VW supervisory board chairman Ferdinand Piech at the Technical University of Vienna. The engine comes from the Ducati Superbike 1199 Panigale where the engine 190 HP developed.
trend towards fuel-efficient sports car
The hybrid drive thrown out, but to beat the competition in terms of fuel saving with only 795 kilos of extremely lightweight mini sports car. Recently, some fuel-efficient sports cars like the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid, 3 liter consumption and 887 hp, the Audi Sport Quattro Concept with hybrid drive, 700 hp and 2.5 liter fuel economy and the Jaguar C-X75 were presented with hybrid drive.
existence of opportunities for small series?
Further details are not yet known, but since the XL1 in a small series of 250 cars first 1-liter car of the World in the former Karmann plant in Osnabrück is produced, and the XL-series small sports opportunities can be given.
