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Originally Posted by Pavka007
96 Benz VS 06 Jetta??? 10 years apart... how about 06 Passat TDI and 06 MB E320 CDI?? Would you like to compare them?? They are at the same level. Jetta is equivalent of C class Mercedes, lets level the field if we are going to compare.
They are many Diesel Mercedes models and every one of them is miles ahead of any VW...unfortunately not a single one of them is for sale in the US 
A-170; A-200CDI ; B-170 ; B-200CDI ; C 200 ; C220CDI ; E220CDI... just to mention a few...
Every one of the above models is capable of returning 45+ MPG without breaking a sweat. |
Yes, there is a ten-year gap there. You might even expect that the newer car had a better ride, and you would be wrong.
I am saying that the ten-year-older car is much more comfortable. Yes, a Jetta is more equivalent to a C class (but still not up to par with it). But as I can't buy a new C class diesel, well, what should I have done?
I would love for my comparison to be between the Jetta and an '06 E class diesel, but alas, I don't have one of the latter. I would expect that the '06 E would blow the doors off of my '96 in about every possible way.