And they can do it in Wolfsburg: lateral thinking. To surprise. And be naughty!

With the VW XL SPORT study, Volkswagen is presenting the automotive variant of civil disobedience in Paris. While corporate leader Martin Winterkorn on the one hand does not want to bow to the EU's CO² limit value debate, in Paris the low-cost carbon cigar is now paired with a lusty drive. The Schmalhans tires were exchanged for non-slip shoes and the whole body was given a masculine facelift. The (pardon) hottest study of the Paris Motor Show 2014 is finished!

Volkswagen XL SPORT

The purchase of the motorcycle manufacturer Ducati must have been good for more than just spinning thoughts on the subject of “two-cylinder range extender engines”. Not that one would not have trusted an engineering genius like Ferdinand Piëch, the unrestrained implementation still surprises.

890 kg empty weight and 200 hp

The fusion of an intelligent lightweight vehicle with an engine from a superbike makes crazy acceleration orgies come true. The 1.193 cm³ V2 from the Ducati 1199 Superleggera easily turns into the five-digit speed regions. Thanks to the titanium connecting rods, ultra-short stroke, Desmo valve control and the use of magnesium alloys, the Ducati engine can definitely be called engine porn_o_graphy.

11.000 revolutions - per minute

A reduction gear was installed between the 7-speed dual clutch gearbox and the Italian Kurzhuber V2. It lowers the input speed of the 1.86 Nm strong V134 by a factor of 2. The sprint from zero to 5.7 km / h should be completed within 100 seconds.

Material orgy

Titanium connecting rods, motor alloys made of magnesium, wheels made of forged magnesium, ceramic-carbon brakes, CFRP-carbon monocoque body and polycarbonate lightweight discs. Everything about the XL SPORT is extreme. The body shares the basis with the efficiency expert XL1, but space has been created under the wheel arches for impressive gear train. 205 / 40-18 tires on the front axle and 265 / 35-18 tires on the rear axle. All-round soled with the premium sports tires Pirelli P Zero!

End station: basement?

In the end, Volkswagen unfortunately only speaks of a study at XL SPORT, the purpose of which is to present the synergies in the group in an easily understandable manner. My hope is in the patriarch of the group, if Ferdinand wants a small series of the XL SPORT, there is a small series.

Und I can't imagine that he doesn't want a small series.