When we got our first chance to sample the new Volkswagen Jetta TDI last summer, VW of America CEO Stefan Jacoby indicated that the new compact diesel would achieve mileage in the 40mpg range. More recently, VW has been indicating that the Jetta TDI is capable of up to 60mpg on the highway. The first of the new fifty-state legal Jetta's were recently spotted on their way to dealerships and now the EPA has published official mileage numbers. Unfortunately those numbers don't quite match up with what VW has been claiming.
According to the official listings at FuelEconomy.gov, the 6-speed manual TDI managed 30mpg on the city cycle and 41mpg on the highway cycle. The combined number is 34mpg. Now those numbers are certainly respectable and nothing to sneeze at, but they fall well short of VW's predictions. Nonetheless, the TDI rates 41.7-percent better than the 2.5L five cylinder and 36-percent better than the 2.0 TFSI four cylinder. The big question is what will a diesel Jetta do in the real world? According to VW spokesman Keith Price Volkswagen's diesels typically do better in real world mileage than the EPA sticker values. VW, you know where to find our garage so we can judge for ourselves.
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[ Via: FuelEconomy.gov ]
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