The 3L Challenge: 79.9 MPG US over 615 miles in a Jetta TDI

[ecoxantia]

Wow, congratulations. An inspiring achievement!

[MetroMPG]

Congrats Martin! That's a great pic of the mods, too. The car has a bit of Mad Max in it.

[Daox]

Amazing run! Congrats.

[Who]

Under 3 on snows! Awesome!

[tasdrouille]

On snows with a front brake dragging a bit. Next summer I'll get new front brakes adjusted for lowest drag and mount a decent set of all seasons.

I would love to get a taller 5th in there, but I'd have a hard time justifying that expense.

[Tetsuo]

Absolutely incredible, it just shows how god diesels are compared to a normal gas engine. Now if only VW would bring out a diesel hybrid we'd see over 100mpg in a production road car that isn't a Metro

[ecoxantia]

I came across a PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) diesel-hybrid,

CITROËN - C4 Hybride

This almost manages 3.4l/100km "average".

No doubt other manufacturers are going the same way, at least in diesel-friendly territories...

[groar]

Martin, sorry to steal your thread.

Originally Posted by ecoxantia

I came across a PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) diesel-hybrid,

CITROËN - C4 Hybride

This almost manages 3.4l/100km "average".

No doubt other manufacturers are going the same way, at least in diesel-friendly territories...

Today diesel are consuming 20% less than their gasoline equivalent. As the prius is rated at 4.3 l/100 (104 g/km CO2), a diesel prius should be consuming 3.44 l/100 (91 g/km CO2). As these cars are smaller than a prius they are not doing so well, but they may be the best while Toyota doesn't sell any diesel hybrid. The HCH2 is rated at 4.6 l/100 (109 g/km), so a diesel HCH2 should be consuming 3.68 l/100 (98 g/km).

PSA (the Peugeot/Citroen group) is talking about hybrids since years... We are all waiting for them to actually sell hybrids. Currently only the CITROEN - Stop and Start system is sold only on 2 Citroen specific models and is very expensive.

If their prices are competitive with prius' one, ie not more than 10% over a prius, then if I have the money, I may buy one.

Denis.

[renault_megane_dci]

Congratulations, that is quite an achievement.

Sorry about thread hijack but I am not with Groar on the diesel hybrid.
To have both a diesel that is compliant with euro 06 and an hybrid will make the car very expensive to buy compared to a petrol + hybrid and even to a full electric car.

Maybe the hybrid will allow the diesel not to be compliant with euro 06 as the car will still be OK but that is very big MAYBE

As for the Jetta, the very good thing it is still looking pretty standart.

Congrat's again !

[Dave's Civic Duty]

Wow! Excellent job in your Jetta! I would love to have one just like it. I like your skirts, front air dam & grill blocks. In the winter it's a snow pusher!

Keep up the great work in your TDI.

Dave