Originally posted by More&Faster
dood with a chip and nothing else, a tdi makes over 200 torque. get an intake and exhaust on that beast and hellz yea your in gsr territory....or atleast si territory. and with all that the mileage only goes up. ive talked to people who got over 60 mpg freeway, and my moms stockq tdi consistently gets over 45 in the city. and well maybe your right, stockq for stockq the civic might be faster but the vw is by far a nicer car.
why are there "0" diesel sports cars then?...i don't think you understand the inherent limitations in diesel engines...they don't like to rev...no matter how many bolt ons you install...a diesels biggest strength is low rpm torque which quickly disappears
another thing to diesels is their pollution problems...it's like a trade off...45-50mpg versus spewing carcinogens and greenhouse emissions...the beauty of the civic hybrid is you get better acceleration of a gasoline engine (not the low end torque though), the gas mileage of the diesmells, and pollute far less...even if the diesmell is running on sulphur free fuel as in europe it doesn't get as good emissions control as a gasoline engine...my 1st priority is to never follow a stinky diesmell...vw or not...but b/c a tdi is so slow i don't have problem getting away from them anyway