VW Diesel Hybrid - Rabbit(Golf)

NYSpeed Automotive
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http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/vw-unveiling-an.html

This little guy is supposed to get almost 70 MPG, too bad we may never see it.

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I would buy one immediately if they are brought over :slight_smile:

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i cant even fathom a car with torque that gets 70mpg.

well at least with bush in the white house.

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I’d be second in line. I’d love a diesel rabbit for a DD!

edit: Although, once I read the article :wink: I have to say a diesel-hybrid drivetrain in an A3 would be even better.

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I like, it’s just a shame it will never be here in all likelyhood. :frowning:

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70mpg sounds like a winner to me. Sucks they may not bring it over.

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diesel’s almost a buck more right now. I don’t think it will last, but that offsets a lot of the cost savings.

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count me in

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I would love even a tdi rabbit.
I just think diesel rules.

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^ thats because you would mod it to spew black smoke into the environment

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Not even CLOSE.

On 14 gallons of diesel, you could go aprox. 980 miles with a 70mpg diesel auto.
on 14 gallons of regular fuel on a 35mpg car, you get 490 miles. (btw, 22/30 is the gas Rabbits fuel economy, so 35 is a high figure)

Based off national gas and national diesel prices as of 2/29 (not sure on local because I don’t currently buy diesel)
Diesel - $3.642/gallon
Gasoline - $3.164/gallon

So that 14 gallons of diesel is $50.988, with the same quantity of gasoline costing $44.296. So for essentially $6 less per a 14 gallon tank of gas, one can get DOUBLE the mileage.

If this thing can really pull off real world figures of nearly 70mpg, it will be a truly remarkable, but seemingly we still don’t have a regular diesel Rabbit here in the states, I somehow doubt we’ll ever see this.

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Wow, that would be so awesome. Just test drove a Rabbit today, actually…