My experience with my 2003 VW Golf continues to be very positive! I'm getting 46 mpg in "real world" driving with a combined cycle of highway/city. I've also started using 100% American produced, completely renewable biodiesel with great success!
Here is a nice, short article about how automakers are excited about new diesel technologies.
Diesels: The Smoke is Clearing
A brief quote:
"...Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress held in Detroit recently was diesel. It was the most talked-about technology at the annual global gathering of companies, organizations and individuals on the cutting edge of automotive R&D.
Hydrogen fuel cells for practical use in vehicles are bogged down in a mire of patent rights, technical difficulties and the extremely high cost of producing a reasonably priced system..."
Here is a nice, short article about how automakers are excited about new diesel technologies.
Diesels: The Smoke is Clearing
A brief quote:
"...Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress held in Detroit recently was diesel. It was the most talked-about technology at the annual global gathering of companies, organizations and individuals on the cutting edge of automotive R&D.
Hydrogen fuel cells for practical use in vehicles are bogged down in a mire of patent rights, technical difficulties and the extremely high cost of producing a reasonably priced system..."