Volkswagen have announced that they are going to build the Prototype XL1 which catch many many eyes by  
  1. Futuristic styling  
  2. 47 BHP
  3. Equivalent of a 1.6 Litre Golf TDI Engine
  4. 800CC
  5. LIMITED to 99MPH
Now that's interesting on that it only has 47 BHP yet it even limited to 99MPH. how can that little engine go over 100MPH? On the wight side it weighs roughly the same as the Mark 1 VW Golf GTI. The battery it hold (yes sadly it is a hybrid) is a Sanyo lithium-ion battery which is rated at about 5 kWh. The electric motor gives out 27 BHP. To give you an idea of what 5 kWh is it can drive the car on volts alone for 22 non-stop miles at any speed under 62MPH. Of course the main reason this car can manage that amazing 313 MPG is a lot of power and weight saving. This is done by lightweight wiring electrical AC and electric fuses. This car is though still a £2 million prototype and there are many new electric saving things coming soon including almost no power LED lights all around. 

The design of the car is made to look just like a Volkswagen and it is mostly achieved by the front although not looking familiar it looks a lot like the future of Volkswagen and strangely familiar to Volkswagen. The inside of the car is very comfortable and is rather nice giving the feeling that it's not computers controlling everything but very much you. The biggest weight-saving idea though is it's Carbon Fibre reinforced Polymer. The engine is made fully of aluminum. Another weird part is that the side mirrors are TV cameras that you can watch in the centre console.