[Vwdiesel] Prius vs. Diesel

[Tad]

40 MPG in a Prius seems low, but not unreasonable considering they were
going 75 MPH into a headwind and over mountains.  Also there was the whole
bit where he ran it out of gas - I can imagine that might have negatively
impacted MPG (discharge and recharging the battery)

On the other hand, I can't imagine what Consumer Reports could have possibly
done to a TDI to get as low as 34 MPG out of it.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:27 PM, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net>wrote:

> 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
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