Volkswagen’s XL1 Concept is introducing the concept to travel more than 60 miles on less than one-quarter of a gallon of gasoline. Walkwagen is a two-seater that will use only0.9 liters to travel 100 kilometers. That is more than 250 miles per gallon.

Volkswagen says that XL1 resemblance with a dolphin because it is widest in front and decreases in rear for different aerodynamic reasons. Volkswagen has applied as much of its present business design language as possible. You would have experienced Tricks like lively louvers for front gull-winged doors and air intake in different production cars recently but they look more genuine on XL1.

In its dimensions, XL1 is about same in width (65.2 inches) and length (153 inches) as a Volkswagen Polo, but it takes a height of 45.5 inches that is more like a Lamborghini. Conventional side-by-side seating positions are designed for drivers and passengers.

For the reason of its better fuel mileage it is also called a “1-liter car,” a car that has the ability to travel 100 km on one liter of fuel. Volkswagen has developed this idea for more than a decade. The latest third generation 1-liter car that was disclosed at Qatar Motor Show in late January 2011 seems manufacture prepared. Prior versions of 1-liter car presented tandem seating, where driver takes a seat in front of traveler to reduce sleek drag. XL1 has much broader cockpit that allows driver and passenger to sit next to each other. It falls through air with a wonderful low coefficient of drag (Cd) of just 0.186; that competes with 0.26 Cd of Toyota Prius.

XL-1 is a plug in hybrid. The powertrain uses a two-cylinder 0.8-liter TDI clean diesel engine mated to a seven-speed dual clutch DSG automatic transmission and a 20-kilowatt electric motor. Combined output is about 73 horsepower or 55 kilowatts. That is reputable power thinking XL-1 weighs just 1752 pounds or 795 kilograms. It takes 11.9 seconds for acceleration from 0-100 kilometers per hour (62 mph). Top speed is automatically bounded to 160 km/h that practices about 100 mph. Electricity are stocked in a lithium-ion series pack. After taking initial plug-in charge is utilized fuel economy does drop off a little but total choice with just 10-liters of diesel in the fuel tank (2.2 gallons) is actually a good 341 miles or 550 kilometers.

Volkswagen AG is the company that choosen to put Bugatti Veyron into bounded production to show a narcissistic point. Now with XL1 heading into production, Volkswagen could turn out to be a car company that presents both excessive of automotive spectrum to customers, a wild supercar that tops 260 mph in Veyron and an mega efficient subcompact that tops 260 mpg with XL1.