 In April 2011 the company announced that they had developed a Rotax 912S powered version that runs on auto fuel aimed at Asian markets, due to lack of 100 octane avgas fuel outside North America.The engine will be available as a factory option and also as a retrofit under a supplemental type certificate and saves in empty weight, due to the much lighter engine.With the start of the 2008 global recession, sales of the XL2 slowed greatly.