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From €30,000 to €125,000? The Curious Journey of Volkswagen’s One-Litre Car

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One of Volkswagen’s most extraordinary engineering experiments is back on the market. A virtually unused Volkswagen XL1, the futuristic diesel plug-in hybrid

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One of only 250 examples of the futuristic Volkswagen XL1 has appeared on the auction platform Catawiki. Given the extremely limited production run, such vehicles rarely appear on the open market. The owner of the car is hoping to get around 125,000 euros, although just a few days before the end of the auction, the highest bid reached only 69,000 euros. The model offered for auction was produced in 2016 and has only covered 1,600 kilometers. Pre…

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The VW XL1 was built only 200 times. Accordingly, you rarely find any offers of purchase nowadays. But now a new one has appeared.

·Essen, Germany
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A car that consumes 0.9 liters of diesel at 100 kilometers, weighs only 795 kilograms and can circulate at 160 km/h. It seems a performance detached from a distant future, but the car has existed for over a decade. It is called Volkswagen XL1 and represents one of the most daring experiments in the history of the car industry. Germans have [...]

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A Volkswagen XL1, extremely rare, is in auction until tomorrow, November 12th, for a price that can reach 125,000 euros. Only 250 copies have been manufactured worldwide.

·Portugal
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News38 broke the news in Essen, Germany on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
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