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Volkswagen XL1 To Form Basis For Ultra-Thrifty Golf: Report

Volkswagen has already shoehorned the fuel-sipping diesel-electric powertrain from its XL1 technology demonstrator into the Up! city car, but word on the street is that VW may apply the XL1's tech to the volume-sellling Golf before the end of the deca


Volkswagen has already shoehorned the fuel-sipping diesel-electric powertrain from its XL1 technology demonstrator into the Up! city car, but word on the street is that VW may apply the XL1's tech to the volume-sellling Golf before the end of the decade.

The XL1's two-cylinder diesel engine and electric motor combo is capable of delivering a hyper-frugal average fuel consumption of just 0.9 l/100km, though much credit must also be given to its low-slung, ultra-slippery and ultra-light carbon fibre shell.

Will the next-generation Golf achieve such an incredibly fuel consumption figure? Probably not, but the experience gleaned from the XL1 program will apparently be used to help cut down its thirst.

However that doesn't mean the Golf will receive a two-pot diesel and electric assistance motor. Instead, the aerodynamic knowledge that was applied to the XL1 (pictured) will instead be used to significantly reduce drag and thus improve fuel consumption.

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