Volvo's all-wheel-drive diesel plug-in hybrid station wagon is sold out for 2013, the company said on Thursday.

We laced that first sentence with adjectives for a reason. Right now, the V60 Plug-in Hybrid is the only production vehicle of its kind. No other plug-in hybrid comes with all-wheel-drive or a diesel engine, or as a wagon. 

Here's another superlative: In Europe, this Volvo stickers at the equivalent of $80,000, making it the second-most expensive plug-in hybrid after the Fisker Karma. You read that right: 80 thousand dollars. That's about a third more than what Tesla wants for its all-electric Model S sedan, and for that price, we'd need to add a couple more adjectives -- bargain lease deals, fat incentives -- to swallow buying a trick Volvo. 

However, "sold out" is a bit of an overstatement. Volvo is selling only 1,000 units when it begins production later this fall, and will ramp up to just 5,000 units by 2014 -- less than half the sales of the Chevrolet Volt this year alone. While Volvo said the V60 would not be sold in the U.S. "since it has a diesel engine," it didn't rule out the possibility of a gas-powered S60 plug-in hybrid. But with such limited production, we likely won't see one until at least 2015.

The performance looks impressive. A 2.4-liter 5-cylinder diesel engine with 215 horsepower drives the front axle, while a 70-horsepower electric motor takes the rear. An 11.2-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery sits underneath the cargo hold. With it, the V60 Plug-in Hybrid claims up to 100 mpg and 35 miles of electric range. When the battery dies, the driver can hit a switch to gain 12 extra electric miles, recharged by the engine without having to plug back in.

A full LCD instrument cluster, leather and what Volvo calls "blue-gray wood" adorn the interior. A smartphone application for setting the car's charging schedule is also included. Volvo says the V60 takes 3.5 hours on a 16-amp circuit.

Similar to the Volt, the Volvo's driving modes range from sporty (both engine and motor) to full-electric. Mitsubishi is planning a similar powertrain for the 2014 Outlander Plug-in, an all-wheel-drive SUV due sometime next year.

[Source: Volvo]