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The leather jackets and sledgehammer are goofy but the car is impressive
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Yes. Hell yes.
[The Volkswagen XL1 went on sale in the UK for £98,515 ($168,789). That means it costs roughly as much there as the BMW i8. Then again, Volkswagen will only have to sell 200. In other news, Hungary is not getting any.]
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