[s-cars] List wisdom appreciated- if ya' were to buy a diesel passenger car, which one?

[Ian Duff]

I've got a 2004 Jetta GLS TDI 5-speed sedan, and my wife has a 2009 Jetta Sportwagen TDI 6-speed wagon. We love them both. I've replaced the turbo in my 2004, and chipped it, and now am sporting something like 170hp, 270lb-ft, and retaining 42-45mpg. Smoking new 2.0T GTIs is fun. Almost as much fun as casually signalling to pull in front of the punked, Folgers-exhausted Civic after dusting it in the S6 Avant with kid seats.

The new A3 TDI looks like only FWD and slushbox. Dopes at AoA. Again. I would love to find a manual gearbox quattro TDI, too, but am not holding out any hopes for one any time soon.

-Ian.

On 15 Dec, 2010, at 10:28, jeff postupack wrote:

> Stirring up the list a bit.. for wisdom and experience.
> 
> I can't get what I want, having just returned from Germany customer visits
> and zooming around in the 5 series Avant, with turbo diesel. 3 guys and
> gear, easily.
> 
> In the USA, Audi offers the A3 (too small) and I think the Q7 in diesel.
> 
> Of course there's Mercedes, like a  E320 CDL, rear wheel drive of course.
> 
> And the Beemer 335 D  , can get the iX drivetrain.
> 
> What else?
> Posto
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