Comments on: Audi's Mileage Marathon

By: kurtdaniel

kurtdaniel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:13:33 +0000

this is a good news!!!diesel has still some good on its own!!!!!

By: CSX321

CSX321 — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:16:00 +0000

Strange… Two of these Mileage Marathon Audis are driving around here, a small town in rural Southern Illinois, right now. I wonder why they’re here, now?

By: Samie

Samie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:24:47 +0000

Where is the Ford Hybrid Escape in the arguments? (In terms of weight and size) The 2009 model gets 34/31 mpg. Also you can add at least 1 extra gallon to any vehicle that uses gasoline over diesel due to paying additional 50cents per gallon over say 10-14 gallon tank. Why this is boring is due to the additional costs with this or BMW’s advanced powertrain clean diesel technology added to fuel costs, bland mpg ratings and not looking for something that would offer a V6 that gets the same or better gas mileage then the diesel Q7. Love diesel for small cars (Jetta) and trucks but not in these showboat luxury vehicles.

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:04:56 +0000

Shines is right. You can't expect ANY vehicle the size of the Q7 to get stellar mpg, diesel, hybrid, or whatever. But it's a significant improvement.
Now, if they bring the A3, it'd probably get at least 40-45mpg, similar to what the new Jetta TDI is rated at (which by early indications is is looking to be rather conservative).

Hey anonymous - you want a diesel wagon that gets 45mpg?? Check out the new Jetta Sportswagon TDI!!
If you don't like that, rumor has it that Subaru may bring their new diesel engine to the US next year or so.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:18:56 +0000

I won’t hesitate to buy a diesel wagon if no car maker offers a hybrid wagon within the next few years. I don’t drive in city traffic so the city mpg is irrelevant to me. Plus I may be able to find some biodiesel blends.

By: Shines

Shines — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:55:50 +0000

The Q7 is an SUV
The Saturn Vue Hybrid combined is 28
The Tahoe Hybrid gets 21
The Q7 is between the 2 size wise and gets 25
That's not bad for a non-hybrid.
Still Diesel is 50 cents a gal more than regular and I doubt the Audi will be cheaper than either of the others.
Still a big luxury suv that gets 25 mpg combined is better than a bug luxury suv that gets 20 mpg...

By: Samie

Samie — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:44:08 +0000

What I see from a quick Google search is the 2009 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI will only get 25 mpg in combined city and highway. Sorry not to share the excitement on this one. Try Again.

Too bad Ford couldn't get the what 65mpg diesel car to meet US standards.

By: Dom

Dom — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:23:24 +0000

Sweet!!! It’s good to see the diesel players battling the old wives tales about how horrible diesels are. The best way to do that is to put the naysayers in a modern diesel and watch the disbelief on their faces…
I hear there is a good chance we will also see the A3 TDI here in the US as well.