VW diesel-hybrid is DOA
by Damon Lavrinc (RSS feed) on Apr 23rd, 2008 at 4:59PM
Click above for a high-res gallery of the VW Golf TDI conceptThe word came down yesterday from Auto Motor und Sport that the Volkswagen TDI hybrid Golf concept that debuted in Geneva wouldn't make the transition to production. According to the print edition of the German rag (translation courtesy of TTAC), the "forward-looking diesel-hybrid is already a thing of the past." That came as a surprise considering how well the concept was received and rumblings we heard from VW's people on the floor that the 69-mpg (European cycle) Golf was destined for the road. We shot off an email to a... Read More
