The most amazing thing about the Volkswagen XL1—more incredible than its claimed ... be called one of the most engaging cars on the road. Yes, it's a hybrid. But this is VW chairman Ferdinand ...

Another hair-brained Piëch passion project, the XL1 is shot through with hypercar engineering, all to an end of saving fuel ...

You can manually select a pure-electric mode, although that mode was unavailable in our test car, so although the XL1 would take off on very light throttle applications in electric-only mode—and ...

Shown off first with the L1 and currently with a car called the XL1, the concept relies on an ... very expensive whenever it finally hits the road. A weekly newsletter by David Pierce designed ...

The electric motor integrated into the ­gearbox gently whirs like a blender, and the XL1 moves off. The low-rolling-resistance Michelins sound like grinding millstones—they are sized 115/80R-15 ...

It’s been less than five years since Volkswagen produced its limited run of just 250 XL1 plug-in diesel hybrid coupes, of which only 200 were sold to retail buyers. The Volkswagen XL1 has all ...

The VW XL1 is built like a supercar ... The screen is not where you would normally look, so you have to take your eyes off the road for a second. And since there's only two of them, you end ...

The XL1 is built in a handcrafted-like method in ... and comes with extra ground clearance and better off-road angles. In short, it’s still a Jeep. The design's been refreshed too, and inside ...