The 3L version used magnesium engine parts to hit 830 kg and 3 litres per 100 km, a world first for a production car.
Lead trim: 1.0 8v (50 PS, 997 cc) · up to 123 hp
Volkswagen Lupo6X · 1998–2005
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FactThe 3L version used magnesium engine parts to hit 830 kg and 3 litres per 100 km, a world first for a production car.
A three-door city car produced by Volkswagen from 1998 to 2005 at Wolfsburg and Brussels, designed by Jozef Kabaň, with a front engine driving the front wheels. It shares most of its aspects with the SEAT Arosa, both derived from the Volkswagen Group A00 platform based on the Volkswagen Polo Mk3, differing mainly in styling and equipment, and its Latin name, meaning wolf, honours its home town of Wolfsburg. There were GTI and FSI versions with a different, thinner but stronger steel body, and the Lupo 3L (Typ 6E) special edition, made to be the world's first series-production car to consume as little as 3 litres per 100 km, with a turbocharged direct-injection 1.2 diesel, aluminium and magnesium body and engine parts for a weight of only 830 kg, a Tiptronic automated manual gearbox, an engine stop/start function and a drag coefficient of 0.29. The Volkswagen up! and, before it, the Fox succeeded it.
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10 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 8v (50 PS, 997 cc) | 1998–2000 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | 62 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.0 8v (50 PS, 999 cc) | 1998–2005 | 1.0 L Inline-4 | 49 hp | 63 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.2 TDI (61 PS) | 1999–2005 | 1.2 L Inline-3 | 60 hp | 103 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 16v (75 PS) | 1998–2005 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 74 hp | 93 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 16v FSI (105 PS) | 2000–2003 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 104 hp | 96 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 16v Sport (100 PS) | 1999–2005 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 99 hp | 93 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 8v (60 PS) | 2000–2005 | 1.4 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 86 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.4 TDI (75 PS) | 1999–2005 | 1.4 L Inline-3 | 74 hp | 144 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.6 16v GTI (125 PS) | 2000–2005 | 1.6 L Inline-4 | 123 hp | 112 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
| 1.7 SDI (60 PS) | 1998–2005 | 1.7 L Inline-4 | 59 hp | 85 lb-ft | — | FWD | — | — |
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