2007 LA Auto Show: VW Brings Dieselution Tour to The Show

[Tormentor]

Even if you come to think of it. VW managed to built a serial Passat that goes 60mpg and that with an engine bearing about 200hp. If you now realize, that a Passat (Blue Motion in this case) has a weight of approximately 1.6t you ought to notice what a car that is. And now taking into consideration, that the fuel tank is able to conatin like 20gallons, you see what kind of journeys you can make with it.

[brownbub1997]

this is interesting. i always wondered why the europeans do not really have hybrid like prius/civic. their answer was the diesel engines.

i guess the next step is to have a diesel/electric engine on priuses/civics! that should be good for 70-80mpg?!

[mojohanky]

Diesel hybrids are coming. 70-80 mpg is already being achieved outside North America with the non-hybrid VW Polo and Lupo 3-cyl diesels. Hybrid diesels should have no problem getting 100+ mpg.

[asianbeast911]

51mpg wow. But doesn't Diesel fuel cost alot more (or a little bit?) than the standard 87-octane (regular) fuel at gas stations? hopefully the engine will offset the cost of diesel fuel, for the efficiency of it. :)

[mojohanky]

Diesel is currently 13% higher than gas due to seasonal flucuation. It was the same price a couple of months ago and will likely come back down to the same price or even lower than gas next spring. The price per mile in a car getting 51 mpg is far less than a comparable gas version of the same car. It's a no-brainer to go diesel if fuel cost is your primary consideration. Diesel cars also last longer and have much higher resale value and are much more fun to drive.

[asianbeast911]

thanks for the info. Now i know.

[Stitchopoulis]

I love my TDI.

Right now, gas down the street is $3.45, so $40 will get a 35 mpg Prius 11.5 gallons of gas, and about 405 miles until it needs to fill up. Assuming a 35 cent difference in price per gallon, that $40 will get about 10.5 gallons of diesel, which at 51 mpg would get me 535 miles until I needed to fill up.

But, the price difference at the gas station is only 10 cents right now, so I would get 574 miles for the same fuel cost of a Prius going 405 miles.

[uberenthusiasts]

awesome!!!! my dad wants to get me an BMW 545 or M5 and I tell him that here in Benedict Canyon, gas is like $5.

[asianbeast911]

lol- wow! thats murder.. but i guess also less uncommon.. Here its ~$3.75 so yeah. What kind of car were you thinking? VW?

[uberenthusiasts]

I plan on getting maybe a 525 or a Lexus GS450H

[asianbeast911]

wow.

[anahatatutu]

There is nothing like a TDI!

[playa3373]

51 mpg

[kababyenoh]

Thank you for the exhibit.