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> >>I vaguely remember during the 80's a Rabbit diesel. >>Would the Jetta engine likely be better. > >Way better, and it would be better yet if VW offers it >in a Rabbit. > >First, it's 50 state compliant win emissions rules, >which only Mercedes has accomplished so far this year. > >VW had a Jetta diesel since they had the Jetta, but it >was a lowly 70hp thing that made 40 mpg on the EPAs >old test. The new specs push everyone back by varying >percentages, but the old VW diesel would probably >score 32-35 mpg today. > >The Jetta hasn't had a diesel since the car was >redesigned a couple of years ago. so the new diesel is >much anticipated. The base engine doubles the old >70hp to 140 while nearly doubling the mileage, and >there is an upgrade in Germany to 170hp that doesn't >hurt the mileage by much. > >I just saw a test of the Smart on CNN earlier, and >they believed Mercedes bogus claim of 40 mpg highway. >Real world tests show 32, which is no reason to give >up anything for a not-cheap car, whose only real-world >merit is you can park it sideways. > >I go for the 57 hwy in the Jetta, which might >translate to 65 or 70 in the smaller Golf. > >I commute 80 miles a day round-trip, so I'm biased to >good mileage. My antedeluvian Acura gives me 35.2 >which is still better than the Smart.

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