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Old 11-15-2017, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by tbomachines View Post
Well, I'm just going to leave this here.
https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=37907&id=29660

Not quite 1%...and if you want to compare diesels, take a look at the cruze diesel.
Except I have the 4-banger, not the 3.5L V6 in your link. It routinely returns 34-35mpg on the highway, upper 30s with ethanol-free gas.

Modern diesels are so much more fuel efficient than anything else out there, but the emissions systems are their achilles' heel. Like everything else, that should evolve over time into a more durable system too. Bad press like the VW emissions-defeat scandal certainly doesn't help their market either.
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