As the Geneva Motor Show finally closes its doors to the public, many will go home lusting after the LaFerrari or McLaren's P1 hypercars. For others though, the show's indisputed star was the ...

View post: This ‘Top-Notch’ Level 2 EV Charger Is on Sale for 50% Off at Amazon According to Automobilwoche (sub. req’d, via The Truth About Cars), Volkswagen will build 100 XL1s as a small batch of ...

Say what you want about the former VW chairman and chief executive’s borderline despotic management style, but he always knew how to push engineers to their limits, creating unique cars in the process ...

Volkswagen has reportedly settled on a price for its radically styled, uber-efficient XL1 diesel plug-in hybrid: € 111,000. That converts to $146,243 in US dollars, though it matters not since the XL1 ...

Antony Ingram October 28, 2013 Comment Now! Volkswagen's XL1 might be one of the most exciting and unusual green vehicles of recent years, but it's certainly not one of the most accessible. Pricing ...

In the early 2000s, Dr. Professor Ferdinand Piëch – now Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG – dreamed of a car that could achieve a fuel economy rating of one liter per 100 kilometers ...

Volkswagen has toyed with the idea of cigar-shaped ultra-eco cars for some time now, but a production car is finally on the way. The Volkswagen XL1 is a plug-in diesel hybrid with a body seemingly ...

I have visited the future, and it’s a noisy place. Volkswagen’s upcoming 261-mpg XL1 dropped by New York City recently, and I got to take the tiny, streamlined, intergalactic Beetle for a short drive ...

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Steaming down the autobahn could be about to get a whole lot more efficient. Volkswagen has carted out its newly updated Super Efficient Vehicle concept, now dubbed the XL1, which -- after a great ...