[jyl]

Not negative on TDIs at all, I love the diesels in Europe, just noting:
- UK gallons are 20% larger than US gallons, so UK MPG figures are misleadingly high if compared directly to US MPG figures. Take every UK MPG figure and cut by 20% for American readers.
- The more stop-start city traffic you drive in, the more benefit you get from the hybrid systems, which turn the engine off when coasting and stopped, and use regenerative braking.
- Small diesels in the US have less performance than you might think. For example, the smallest-engined Golf TDIs in the UK do 0-60 in 12-13 sec. For those who think the US Prius is too slow at 10.5 sec . . .