# VW Diesel Hybrid - Rabbit(Golf) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188 "2008-02-29T04:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/1 "2008-02-29T04:15:40Z")
[http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/02/vw-unveiling-an.html](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. ---
**Author:** ![ecoshardcore](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ecoshardcore/32/7591_2.png) [@ecoshardcore](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ecoshardcore)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/2 "2008-02-29T07:08:09Z")
I would buy one immediately if they are brought over 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![RedrRocket](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redrrocket/32/7193_2.png) [@RedrRocket](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RedrRocket)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/3 "2008-02-29T07:48:18Z")
i cant even fathom a car with torque that gets 70mpg. well at least with bush in the white house. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/4 "2008-02-29T07:54:09Z")
> [@ecoshardcore](#): > > I would buy one immediately if they are brought over 🙂 I’d be second in line. I’d love a diesel rabbit for a DD! edit: Although, once I read the article 😉 I have to say a diesel-hybrid drivetrain in an A3 would be even better. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/5 "2008-02-29T08:31:12Z")
I like, it’s just a shame it will never be here in all likelyhood. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![sickboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@sickboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sickboy)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/6 "2008-02-29T12:57:04Z")
70mpg sounds like a winner to me. Sucks they may not bring it over. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/7 "2008-02-29T13:07:05Z")
diesel’s almost a buck more right now. I don’t think it will last, but that offsets a lot of the cost savings. ---
**Author:** ![ezfd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ezfd/32/7334_2.png) [@ezfd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ezfd)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/8 "2008-02-29T21:31:48Z")
count me in ---
**Author:** ![Minglor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/minglor/32/7373_2.png) [@Minglor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Minglor)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2008, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/9 "2008-02-29T21:53:37Z")
I would love even a tdi rabbit. I just think diesel rules. ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/10 "2008-03-01T07:06:50Z")
^ thats because you would mod it to spew black smoke into the environment ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/11 "2008-03-01T11:03:39Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > diesel’s almost a buck more right now. I don’t think it will last, but that offsets a lot of the cost savings. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188/12 "2008-03-01T20:33:27Z")
Wow, that would be so awesome. Just test drove a Rabbit today, actually…