2009 Jetta TDI Mileage a Letdown?
May 21, 2008 – 11:24 am by Dan Volkens
Filed under Volkswagen Jetta
Our friends at Autoblog.com got their hands on the EPA’s estimates for the upcoming 2009 Jetta TDI… and they’re not lookin’ too good.
According to the EPA, the new-fangled TDI will only pull 30mpg city and 41mpg highway, making an average of 34mpg. That’s WAAAAY below Volkswagen of America CEO Jacoby’s claims of up to 60mpg possible with the new diesel engine. Only real world results will tell in time, and with gas prices we can only hope it falls closer to that 60mpg. Read more at Autoblog.com
2009 Jetta TDI Mileage a Letdown?
May 21, 2008 – 11:24 am by Dan Volkens
Don’t you know it’s better for the ‘enviroment’ to use 2 or 3 times more fuel? No, really! ‘But, they burn cleaner that way’
Anyone should be able to do the math in their heads and see how much ‘better for the enviroment’ it is to use that much more fuel!
Look at it this way: ‘Green appliances’ actually use less electricity than older ones did. Ever compare a new front loading washing machine to an older one? They use about half of the water the old top loaders used. Any way you look at it: This is actually an improvement and it is actually better for the enviroment.
On the other hand: the new diesel emissions are supposed to be what, maybe 30% cleaner than ‘old’ diesels? But, if they are using 200% or 300% more fuel, how can that be cleaner overall or better for the enviroment? I say it can’t be!
We are being sold a bad thing all the way around. I’m not ‘brown’ but I consider myself a true greenie! Saying your green; but, actually making it worse for the enviroment is just plain bad. If the new emissions were better, the mileage would go up from what we used to have.
Remember American gas cars in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s? They were undergoing a transformation to make them ‘cleaner’. It sucked! They didn’t run right, got poor mileage, and I say were just plain bad for the enviroment.
Instead of trying to force these types of systems on us before they are ready, the government should just make it benificial to business to get them perfected and to us. If given a chance, free enterprize is the best system and works amazingly well, if given the chance!
It seems hard to fathom that kind of mileage drop - I’ve talked to many people with the earlier edition Jetta V Diesels getting 55 to 60 mpg with consistency.
My guess is it’s in the testing parameters with the Fed’s new methods, or of US fuel being of lower quality (I’ve read it’s 30-something on a list about 100 long) even though they say the new fuel is cleaner.
I have a difficult time believing the petro companies will lose any profits through better mpg figures. As an aside to all that, there is a another problem when processing certain ‘bio-fuels’ - the processing ratio of water to finished product - E.G., 5gls of water to 1gl of ethanol.
Any way, we’ll have to wait and see…..won’t be good for VW if it’s true…… I hope it’s not true.