# VW Diesel Hybrid - Rabbit(Golf)

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**Created:** [February 29, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vw-diesel-hybrid-rabbit-golf/44188 "2008-02-29T04:15:40Z")\
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**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")

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> [@Joe](#):
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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.

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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