http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/ Autoblog Comments for Geneva 2008: Volkswagen Golf TDI Hybrid Concept http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 6:55AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 6th 2008 4:19AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/However nobody will ever see that out of it, did anyone see 5th gears test of the bluemotion polo?
It got 47.5mpg with standard driving when vw claims the combined average to be 74mpg, you should never expect to get what they claim as they run the cars sitting on dynamo's which ignores hills and a lot of drag and creates simulated traffic jams ect...not what happens in the real world]]>Mar 4th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/
A diesel-electric hybrid actually sounds like a kick to drive in urban settings. Two torque monsters to give you that oomph up grades and away from the lights.]]>Mar 4th 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 10:15AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 11:00AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/
Different countries' figures produce different numbers, and the European ratings come out a lot higher than ours on cars with the same consumption. Converting them straight across can be misleading. Converting as I did above by using CO2 emissions is imperfect also.

Anyway, you can be damn sure this vehicle won't be rated at anything close to 75mpg by US standards. Now, some may still get 75mpg, just like for some people the older US mpg standards were more representative than the new ones. Truly, your mileage may vary.]]>Mar 4th 2008 11:21AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/
Sorry, we're talking 57mpg on the new US scale and 68mpg or so on the old scale. I guess the figures aren't that far off of US ratings, at least the old US ratings.]]>Mar 4th 2008 11:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/
http://jalopnik.com/356497/hypermiling-the-2007-honda-civic-22-i+ctdi-and-2007-audi-q7-42-tdi

they were significantly higher than the manufacturers estimates. also -- note that this is a diesel hybrid not purely a diesel -- so i don't believe you'll see as large of a mpg drop-off as mentioned earlier. ]]>Mar 4th 2008 11:24AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 4th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 5th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 5th 2008 5:31AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Mar 6th 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/geneva-2008-volkswagen-golf-tdi-hybrid-concept/Apr 18th 2008 8:41PM