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Volkwagen XL1 price will be close to £100k

The Volkswagen XL1 price will be €110,000 in Germany, with a total of 200 examples produced

The Volkswagen XL1 will cost around £100,000 when it goes on sale in the UK, the company has revealed.

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While the exact UK price has yet to be confirmed, the £100,000 price tag is significantly more than originally thought. Only 200 production examples of VW's highly efficient plug-in hybrid will be built at the brand's Osnabruck factory in Germany. Each one will be hand built from carbon fibre reinforced plastic but every version will be left-hand drive.

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That means sales in the UK will be small, with between 20 and 30 models scheduled to be sold here. According to sources within the company there has been a large amount of interest but the list of prospective customers will be whittled down according to their suitablity.

At that price, only a few people will be able to afford the VW XL1 plug-in hybrid, which uses a two-cylinder diesel engine and an electric motor to drive the rear wheels, and produces a combined 68bhp. However it is also capable of returning an official combined figure of 313mpg and just 20g/km of C02 - making it the most efficient car that's ever been built.

The top speed is electronically limited to 99mph but a VW engineer told us that it is capable of driving at 130mph but has been capped to increase its fuel efficiency. He also confirmed that the Ducati-powered protoype XL1 with racing modifications was currently under development.

Volkswagen say that technology from the XL1 will filter down to the company's mass-market models over time and once they can be made more affordable. However they also claim that because the first XL1 will be rarer than a Bugatti Veyron it is likely to appreciate in value over time - making it a tempting buy for collectors too.

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