Volkswagen XL1 concept

As reported by the German weekly Wirtschaftswoche, Qatar Motor Show to be held next week January 25 to 29, Volkswagen would introduce its new concept can travel 100 kilometers on one liter of fuel. This prototype should be the anticipation of the much-talked-about model of 1 liter per 100 km, of which we hear in Wolfsburg for many years, and which is expected on the market could rise even during the course of 2013.

Previously, Volkswagen had already presented two concepts of gender, in 2002 and 2009, the SDI 1L L1 TDI, which are the two models of the photos. The new car, the dream has always been declared by Ferdinand Piech, chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen, could be called the XL1 and should retain many features of the L1 Concept, including the two seats for the passenger compartment, the hybrid system and the use of carbon fiber (now cheaper than in the past) for body and chassis.

Rumor has carbon fiber should also remain on the production model, to keep the weight very low. There is talk of 500 kg in total.

L1 was present on a TDI diesel engine cylinder TDI with 800 combined with a 27 hp electric motor, which allowed to consume only 1.38 liters of diesel per 100 km, with 39 total horsepower and 100 Nm of torque.