[CGTRWK]

35mpg isn’t out of the realm of the possible... Land Rovers Discovery gets 30+ mpg in europe with a 3.0L turbodiesel and you can say the same about the ISUZU Trooper with diesel engine (sold everywhere outside the US)..

The diesel Land Rover Discovery is rated at 23 mpg combined by the UK test.

The only modern diesel sold (or was until recently) in the US is the 1.9L Volkswagen, and even that - a tiny 2800lb hatchback - barely broke 30mpg by the EPA test and as such does not comply with Congress's pipe dream.

[Neidermeyer]

The only modern diesel sold (or was until recently) in the US is the 1.9L Volkswagen, and even that - a tiny 2800lb hatchback - barely broke 30mpg by the EPA test and as such does not comply with Congress’s pipe dream.
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I don’t know why in the EPA tests the VW TDI got that rating but I know people that use TDI New Beetles and Jettas for courier service and keep methodical records ,, 45 mpg is the norm for their fleet.

P.S. 2800 lbs isn’t “tiny” I’ve had a 2100# 1982 Civic and a 2300# 1986 VW GTI (that I put on a diet down to approx 2150#)..