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Originally Posted by Ecky
In short: cost and availability. Diesel fuel is expensive here, most stations don't have it, there are very few diesel cars on the road, and most diesel vehicles sell at a huge premium. To my knowledge there is no smaller TDI than VW's 1.9, and they're really not all that easy to find.
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The smallest they ever made was the 0,8L TDi for the XL-1.
The 1,2L TDi was also crazy optimized for efficiency in the Audi A2 3L and VW Lupo 3L, wich where rated at 2,99L/100 km and could easy be run with less than even that.
The 1.9 TDi is a little less fuel efficient, but known to last forever.
But with the higher fuel efficiency it should still be more cost efficient.