Driven: Volkswagen XL1 Concept Car in Qatar

This VW concept car gets 261 miles per gallon. Get photos and a full expert review of the Volkswagen XL1 Concept Car at: http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/impressions/volkswagen-xl1-concept

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• Volkswagen XL1 Concept Car
• VW concept cars
• Qatar auto show
• extreme concept car
• new cars from VW
• roadandtrackautoshow

[moaski]

I'm sure the people of Qatar weren't happy to hear about a landmark, gas-sipping, 261 mpg automobile!

[701983]

It´s a plug-in-hybrid-vehicle! That means, you (can) charge the battery with energy from the grid. The claimed 261 mpg are just possible for shorter distances with a fully loaded battery. Volkswagen says, the car has a range of 550 km with 10 liters diesel. That´s a mileage of 130 mpg. Not bad, too.

But I´d prefer the predecessor VW L1: The half weight, tandem-seater and a REAL mileage of 170 mpg.

[kazzemg]

@moaski people in quatar like to drive lamborghinis and such so many rich people there

[LeadHammer]

Finally, a car of today. Love it.

[tvojootec]

its rocket i love

[V10PDTDI]

Why would you whant to chage the rear tires alot of cars now have run flat tyres and I suspect that they are runflats so they don't have to carry a spare tire it give more room and less weith to haul around but as far as remouving the rear side cover i dont think it would be that hard to remouve for service remember the old car with side skirts you could remouve them without no tools. I love this car.

[czech27]

@guyincognito84 yeah and a lot of buck-toothed, red neck homophobes will no doubt hate it

[Moco159]

Looks like the rear of the car is floating

[sibette221]

Daytona Beach is a shit hole compare to this landscape in Qatar...

and i bet people live better to, over there.

[deedundone]

The reason the back wheels are covered would be presumable to reduce drag, which gives the car better mileage. Do you think the inside monitors are just there for looks? External mirrors create a good deal of drag. They do have been removed from this car in a practical manner. The fact that it gets such a high MPG would make me buy this car tomorrow regardless of its looks. I cant afford 100 mile trips a day at a whopping 7 miles a gallon in my 98 dodge ram? Who gives a fuck if its "cool"?

[deedundone]

@guyincognito84 no, i live in upstate new york on the border of Pennsylvania dumb ass. get it right! JESUS!

[wuntyme]

big differnce btween gas and desile cars in thos countrys.

desile cars are more relaiable than petrol cus its cheaper..

good combo!!! desile + electric rear tire is the problem unless its makes with thick ruber you have to change it every few years... lol

[guyincognito84]

a lotta fags in san fran will love this.

[edmaluf]

@moaski even if all of a sudden all new cars in the world achieve 261mpg overnight, Qatar will still produce and sell all the gasoline they can. They just opened a new refinery a couple of months ago. Quite huge, by the way.

[DocWolph]

@Aratixwrx Aero? Pretty much.

However, Older cars used to use them for style and it worked for them. Can't say that the integration of the wheel well covers is NOT flattering at all, but the concept is sound.

My mother had a 1970 Buick Riviera. Beautiful in silver. The covers looked like part of the cars overall design.

[saboobuu]

only the front looks good, the side and back look ugly

[MeeTeeDee]

I love it and I am not really a fan of VW. It looks really cool and stands out against all the boring cars of today...I would get one :)

[Aratixwrx]

@RadRocker9 whats the point of that? aerodynamics? it looks really ugly to me

[bruphoff]

@JoeBird76 Call AAA :)

[RadRocker9]

@JoeBird76 back in the 30s-40s alot of cars had coverd back wheels like this. basicly they would jack the car up until the lugs where exsposed

[JoeBird76]

Good luck at changing those rear tires if one blows out. lol