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Bought a new car just last week - replaced a 12 year Chevy Impala. I was looking at the sedans (VW Passat/Mazda 6/Hyundai Sonata) and the VW TDI was quite impressive. 30+ city 40+ highway with an 18.5 gallon tank. I ran numbers, even with the higher price of diesel, for my circumstances, I would be on the plus side by far. I didn't go with the Passat because of the retail price (over 30k) and the dealer didn't want to deal at all.

I ended test driving a 15 Hyundai Elantra. It has almost all the options available on the Sonata, at about 8-10k less on the sticker. 2 weeks later, I'm getting 32 city; sticker lists as 28/38. Insurance didn't go up that much.