In the current automotive landscape, true environmental halo cars don’t exist. The Ferrari La Ferrari employs electric motors, but make no mistake — it’s not a really a fuel saver. Hell, it’s a ...

Volkswagen is looking to introduce a new standard for fuel economy with the XL1, a fuel sipper expected to get up to 235 mpg, and our spy photographers managed to grab some photos of an XL1 prototype ...

Volkswagen's XL1 is a fascinating study in fuel economy. The combination of its low-drag shape, light weight and plug-in hybrid system allow it to sip fuel at just 0.9 l/100km (261 mpg), but a 0-100 ...

This might become another future car we are promised but never get. At the very least, it would make a good prop car for a remake of Woody Allen's "Sleeper." But one quick drive reveals this much: The ...

We didn't expect the Volkswagen XL1 to be as much fun to drive as it is. Which makes it doubly a shame that Volkswagen won't be selling its radically efficient, two-seat, plug-in diesel hybrid XL1 ...

Across the Geneva Motor Show hall from Ferrari's new 950-hp flagship and Lamborghini's $3.9 million Veneno, Volkswagen unveiled an entirely new breed of supercar. It's called the XL1 and its headline ...

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 ...

Ten years in development, the supercool, superefficient 261-mpg XL1 offers stunning gas mileage and a glimpse of the changing priorities for drivers and car manufacturers. By Jon Alain Guzik VW XL1 PR ...

At the dawn of the millennium, Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Piëch, who is today Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, set his sights on creating a practical everyday use production car with a ...

This weekend, Volkswagen handed over the keys to the first XL1 hybrid during an event held at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, Germany, where the fuel sipper is made. The most efficient VW ever ...