I think the idea here is to go several hundred miles on the least amount of fuel.

Very few cars can claim the 650-750 miles per tank with a sub-20 gallon tank....they include the E250 MB....Passat TDI.....Cruze EcoDiesel....and Jetta/Golf TDI's. Probably the Audi A3 Diesel also, but its the same as a Jetta realistically. Amazing how few cars on the market can do it. In 51k miles I am planning on stripping the DPF from my TDI with a delete kit when the warranty is done, which should boost MPG noticeably.

With a diesel you can beat on it and it will just use more fuel, with a hybrid the car is going to power down and start crying at the side of the road.

My 190d frankencar can do about 350-400 miles...but that's because it has a puny 14ish gallon tank. I have been seeing about 30mpg.

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