[urq] Future Audi : is there a TDI planned ?

[Jeffrey Brown]

In this example, you can't.  That is to say, on a base jetta you cannot add
certain options - they are available ONLY in the other trims.

Without remembering specifics, buying a jetta TDI is basically like adding
the TDI engine to the top level trim SEL jetta as opposed to adding the TDI
engine to a base Jetta.  The price is futher justified in that the TDI trim
also comes standard with certain options like the touch screen audio and
maybe xenon lights, can't remember.  So if the price difference between a
jetta TDI and an SEL is $2000 some of it is the engine and the rest is the
standard options.

So if you were planning to buy an SEL, it makes more financial sense to
consider the TDI vs if you were considering the base jetta since that is a
whole other car (extra crappy 4 banger, zero options, ugly fabric, etc)

--jeff

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:

> So what does the base gasoline version cost if it is upgraded to the same
> option package as the base TDI?  And does it add enough weight to make the
> gasoline version have even worse fuel economy?
>
> On 4/13/2011 4:58 PM, Dan DiBiase wrote:
>
>> Well, you also have to remember that the cost differential isn't just the
>> engine. In the case of the Jetta, for example, the $7k differential
>> between
>> the S and the TDI also includes a moonroof, alloy wheels, leatherette,
>> Bluetooth, heated seats, and an upgraded stereo...
>>
>>
>>
>