[Vwdiesel] Prius vs. Diesel

[brian gochnauer]

Toyota Prius proves a gas guzzler in a race with the BMW 520d review | Used
Car Reviews | Driving - Times Online
http://goo.gl/1oPUS

This story<http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/used_car_reviews/article3552994.ece>
in
the U.K.'s *Times Online* is racing around the interwebs. Google "BMW
520d<http://www.google.com/search?q=bmw+520d&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a>"
and note how many pages deep it goes. Two goofballs journalists took a road
trip, one in a Prius and the other in a BMW 520d. The BMW purportedly got
about 4 percent better gas mileage than the "gas guzzling" Prius, which
amazingly only managed a dismal 40 mpg. Coincidentally, that is exactly what
our Prius got <http://www.grist.org/story/2007/7/27/134040/881> on a road
trip last summer, which was not only jammed with people and camping gear but
also had a giant cargo carrier strapped to the roof! Odd how the Prius always
manages to lose <http://www.grist.org/story/2007/1/19/17166/5792> these
contests ... unless they're performed by independent third parties
like *Consumer
Reports* (Prius: 44 mpg, TDI Jetta: 34).

BrianG