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Originally Posted by Autobahnschleicher
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.
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Most of the diesel cars you have in Europe simply do not exist in the USA. Our only options for fuel efficient diesel cars in the USA were VW Golf, Jetta, Beetle or Passat and the Chevy Cruze. That is it. Today there are no diesel cars sold in the USA. We do have some diesel trucks and SUVs.
I had a 2003 Jetta Wagon TDI with the 5 speed manual and averaged 47 mpg over 10 years / 240K miles. The engine was trouble free but the body had lot of issues.
I have a 2014 Jetta Sportwagen TDI today. It is one of the cars that VW had to buy back because of emission cheating. I'm averaged only 37 mpg in mixed driving. Very disappointing and expensive to run.
Between those two TDIs I had a 2005 and 2009 Toyota Prius that were MUCH less expensive to maintain.
For reference there are 3.8L in one US gallon