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Originally Posted by Brandon314159
As far as "technology" goes...VW experimentally turbocharged one of their VW Rabbit Diesels (the 1.6L) back in the late 70's and were easily breaking the 50mpg mark. I think the figures were something like mid 60's for highway and high 50's for city. Averaged out to about 60+/- mpg. They of course never sold this however the "technology" and concept has been around for ages since then. Why they never realised a TDI until later, who knows. Maybe they wanted to do more testing.
All I know was, it was super effecient as compared to almost any car in that day. I am sure it helps that the VW Rabbit is a rather light automobile. But still, very interesting information.
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From what I understand, the early VW diesels were of notably poor quality in terms of longevity and problems. I have seen them referenced (along with early diesel Olds) as among the reasons diesel passenger cars got a bad name in this country. I don't know much beyond that. Would be interesting to research.
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