Earlier this week Volkswagen took center stage at the Frankfurt Motor Show to show us their extremely futuristic looking diesel-powered L1 concept. They then followed suit and showed us the E-Up! concept, an all electric vehicle which we now know is expected to go into production by 2013.

Well, it seems that VW wasn’t done talking about the L1 concept as they have recently let us know that they expect it to enter production right around the same time as the E-Up! (sometime around 2013) and that it will get 170MPG. This goes along with the previous statement that the L1 will travel 100 kilometers using just 1.38 liters of diesel fuel.

While there’s no telling if the L1 concept will every actually hit the streets, if/when it does it’s sure to look nothing like what is pictured above.

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Volkswagen has been presenting different versions of their L1 concept since 7 years ago, and this time they’ve got another round by calling it the “world’s most fuel-efficient automobile”. Maybe it is a claim too big to be true, or not…

Anyway, the L1 name comes from the fact that the car only spends 1.38l of diesel per 100Km which is pretty good. One of the reasons for the low consumption is probably related to the total weight – 380kg – of carbon fiber. In terms of CO2 emissions, the L1 only puts out 36 grams per Km which is also awesome.

Other details: it uses a 10kW electric motor powerplant, a 0.8-liter TDI, the top speed is 100 mph and there are 2 driving modes: eco or sport.

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