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

Volkswagen's clean diesel mobile exhibit, Dieselution, will stop at
the L.A. Auto Show. As proof that diesel power has changed, Volkswagen used
various methods including road racing to demonstrate how this type of fuel
can improve a vehicle’s overall performance.

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[uberenthusiasts]

I plan on getting maybe a 525 or a Lexus GS450H

[asianbeast911]

wow.

[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]

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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?!

[asianbeast911]

thanks for the info. Now i know.

[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.