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I rented an Alfa 159 Turbo Diesel in Italy and am sold on the concept. Very good performance and incredibly good fuel economy, even when cruising at very high speeds on the Autostradas - even more important when fuel is $7 per gallon. My wife does not understand why I would want a Diesel car in the US when the price of fuel is higher than premium gasoline, but I think that I can explain it to her.

That said, I have to wonder why there is a scarcity of TDI models while there is a lot full of unsold gas cars at my local dealer. It has been this way for a couple of years, one would think that VW would manufacture to their demand unless they are playing pricing games. It appears to me that there is little difference between the gas and Diesel models other than the fuel system and some engine parts.

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• Jetta TDI, Mike Lynch , Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:03:20
  • Artificial scarcity to keep pricing high?, Bill Homer , Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:28:24 <-- Viewing This Message
    • states, jp498, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:20:48
      • Current TDI's are 50-state compliant, CWilson, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:56:05
        • You'd never even know they're diesels either, NateinAA, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:24:09
          • Re: You'd never even know they're diesels either, No Snaab, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:46:44
    • Simple explanation (+), vvk, Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:38:02
      • Questions/Doubts about your Simple explanation (+), Bill Homer , Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:34:24
        • Perception and marketing (+), vvk, Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:38:41
          • IIRC all the TDi engines are made in Germany, NateinAA, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:22:27
            • Re: IIRC all the TDi engines are made in Germany, Bill Homer , Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:53:50
          • VW sold 219,297 cars in the US in 2008, Bill Homer , Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:20:15
            • Precisely (+), vvk, Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:22:56
  • Almost bought TDI Wagon but, ChipJ, Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:33:04
  • Good for her!, NateinAA, Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:54:46
  • Yeah, the Jetta's not so bad., B Millar , Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:32:43
  • Re: Jetta TDI, Turbo00, Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:25:46

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