Nice driving report here with the VW Golf TDI.
What the TDI does do well, however, is loaf. At 80mph on the highway the engine is barely audible, quietly running at 1,900rpm in sixth gear. This makes it substantially quieter than the GTI, and if your life is burdened by significant time spent cruising on the interstate, the TDI is a good call not only because it’s so fuel efficient (30 City/ 42 Highway) but because it’s so muted.
Around town you can manually upshift to keep the Golf below 2,000rpm and there’s still all that abundant torque on hand to keep accelerating briskly.
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