VOLKSWAGEN XL SPORT
How can a Ducati powered car not be awarded Most Fun? Volkswagen took the XL1 hybrid and installed a 197-hp, 1,199cc Ducati V-twin borrowed from the Superleggera, the world’s most powerful two-cylinder bike. The mid engine car’s 0-62-mph sprint is a respectable 5.7 seconds, with a 168 mph top speed. Not bad.
Like the XL1, the center monocoque and most body panels are carbon fiber einforced polymer. The car weighs just 1,962 pounds, and the 0.258 coefficient of drag is among the best in the biz. There are vanes, ducts and vents, Ducati decals and scissor doors. The retractable spoiler was lifted from the Lamborghini Aventador. This is the sort of brand synergy we can get behind. Just 500 are being built, so act fast. Even if you don’t get one, be happy VW is building it at all. Who knows?
Maybe the lightweight construction methods will spread to every corner of Volkswagen’s automotive empire in the coming years.
Like the XL1, the center monocoque and most body panels are carbon fiber einforced polymer. The car weighs just 1,962 pounds, and the 0.258 coefficient of drag is among the best in the biz. There are vanes, ducts and vents, Ducati decals and scissor doors. The retractable spoiler was lifted from the Lamborghini Aventador. This is the sort of brand synergy we can get behind. Just 500 are being built, so act fast. Even if you don’t get one, be happy VW is building it at all. Who knows?
Maybe the lightweight construction methods will spread to every corner of Volkswagen’s automotive empire in the coming years.
VOLKSWAGEN XL SPORT
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