How Far Can You Drive On One Tank of Diesel? - Chevy Cruze 2.0TD vs. VW Jetta TDI 

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Is it true that ac will not impact much the mpg of diesel engine unlike gasoline ?.

If you take care of VWs they last a very very long time, including the Gasoline models

@@dasmuven1911 that's pretty much every car.

I assume you no longer have a Jetta TDI manual? Or did you get yours fixed? Dieselgate really messed up a lot of people.

As a 6 year owner, it's a fabulous car once you get a new DEF tank heater, which they cover under extended warranty. Averages 53 mpg mixed driving and 45 city. It's a much better car than my old TDi. Chevy did it right and then canceled it.

​@@alexnutcasio936when did they stop selling them?

6 speed automatic

damn your fairly large

jonathan ingerson how much did you pay for it?

Amen brother!! Loving my CTD as well and it hasn't been "permanently" recalled :)

jonathan ingerson I own a 2016 Chevrolet Cruze 1LT gasoline and I am so jealous of your mileage. Right now the turbocharger has gone out causing fuel usage to go drastically up. But my warranty will fix it.

so true

Doesn’t make sense if one car has a larger tank? Sheesh

Or just given us the average mpg they got in both cars

The point to make was how many miles a full tank would go compared to what the manufacturer says they will go

Vdub Guy I've owned both. Even accounting for the extra gallon capacity the Cruze has, it still does better on highway range than the VWTDI. But, it's all academic now since neither is made anymore. What's fascinating to me is that both of these cars were going 75 MPH, so they weren't babying them nor doing any hypermiling. Amazing. Try that in a BEV.

Damn I did the numbers and even with the bigger tank, the Cruze got 47 MPGs vs the TDIs 42 MPGs. I'm a TDI owner and I was sad that a Chevy won lol.

Allen R As I stated, my Cruze was a better TDI than the VW was a TDI. Just a better all around little diesel. And GM didn't have to cheat and did it all with a DPF and DEF tank.

@@haywoodjablome234 I have a buyback Passat and a few weeks ago drove in 100-degree heat from Los Angeles up into the mountains and over them to Bakersfield. Was doing 80 when it was clear and I wasn't bogged down in traffic, had a good 20 miles of stop and go weekend street traffic, and drove back to the city and got stuck in Saturday night traffic jams at 4 different spots. Ended up doing 43.1 mpg on the trip. Pretty impressive vehicles and engines (turbo diesel in general, not a VW-specific comment).

@@haywoodjablome234 one thing to note though, the VW TDI they tested was DPF only since DEF wasn't introduced into the Jetta until 2015 so that was a disadvantage for the numbers. The 2015 Jetta can routinely hit 50+ MPGs if you drive it right. But you're right, Chevy didn't have to cheat.

We have a full size alloy spare tire here

no spare tire? hmmm my 1.7 VCDI has 60 litters and normal tire in trunk

Wow!!

chrs1313 Amazing. I'm really going to look into getting one!

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+chrs1313 excellent info,, but the Jetta TDI has a smaller tank then the cruze,, so no kidding that the cruze will get more miles per tank,! funny how slightly important details like this are always left out!!

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GOOGLE ENGINE RELIABILITY and you will see Volkswagen listed in the bottom 5. So the VW would breakdown first . Note: People who think VW==reliable confuse me. Tons of facts to prove they are terrible .

+electrictroy2010 VW gas terrible, vw diesel dependable

+electrictroy2010 Google reliability by whom?

+gtileo I have a buddy whose owned 4 VW diesels. All 4 blew motors or transmissions before they hit 150,000 miles. Baring some minor transmission issues with the cruses, they are over all a very reliable vehicle

Matthew Kistner Minor issues, I know someone who is on their 4th transmission in 130,000km in a cruze, They are known for their transmission and other problems, the brake piston seized up multiple times, oil cooler replaced at least 4 times also, it is so bad that resale value has taked a hit because word of mouth has gone around, and they wonder why sales have gone down, talk to people in service centres and they tell you most of the cars that they work on are the cruze and captiva, because both are poorly designed cars.

You must be stupid, its not on how far the tank of fuel gets you but at how far you could drive per gallon, the vw tdi is still in a class of its own.

SKYLINERAIDER08 you're full of shit too......

idriwzrd American companies rarely make manual cars of any sort anymore. Too many lazy people in the USA and Canada. Even most European and Japanese car companies are opting for automatics these days. Give it 10 years, there will be no more manual cars in mass production (which is very sad)

+Brent Mifsud it has nothing to do with lazy ya moron! its just what people want!!! get over it! wipe your eyes and move on girly man !

+idriwzrd YEAH lets get sporty with a fucking fuel economy car! yeah! Go get a Comaro or a Vette you goober.

I can't want an economical car that also is fun to drive? Besides, manuals are more fuel efficient that autos.

+idriwzrd if it's sporty, it isn't fuel efficient.

Its a Great Engine Based on a Isuzu Design But Improved / Enhanced By GM .

Should have mentioned I live in Canada and the temp outside is currently -40C/-40 F ... the Jetta is stored in an unheated garage and I have never had a starting problem. Replaced the glow plugs once under warranty though. I also don't use any diesel stabilizer ...

yep 99.5 to 2003 in 5 speed

+Jacksonkellyfreak Chevys usually last long as fuck also and the chevys technology is probably just as good. GM does work with nasa

+GriiffixPVP "gm is actually Americas only company even being compared to other companies out of the u.s. why?" He's exactly right. Chevy is making waves worldwide with their fiesta st, focus st, focus rs, mustang 350........wait a minute. And why does GM help out the US Gov't? Because GM owes the US gov't after they kept them from going bankrupt.

+Jacksonkellyfreak what do you drive?

+Jacksonkellyfreak Everyone has their good and bad with both companies. I bought a 2000 TDi brand new. It was delivered with a defective instrument cluster. It took 14 visits to get the bad from factory fuel injection pump replaced (went more than 10 months with a frequent misfire and despite the pump screaming, the dealerships couldn't figure out what was wrong). At less than 50K miles, the turbo failed, which is a very common occurrence on this vintage. Between the power window motor failing multiple times, and cheap coatings on interior panels coming off, and the other mentioned repairs, it had been in the shop for almost 2 months during my 2 years of ownership, and would have cost me more than $8,000 dollars for the repairs if I had to pay for them. I replaced it with a 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer. I'm now at 196,000 with the original powertrain, save the rear axle. Repairs in and out of pocket have been less than 2K, which is extremely reasonable for the vehicle. In all, including owning a fair amount of imports - a '00 Nissan Maxima, a '97 Toyota Camry, a '99 Mazda 626 (wife's), an '81 VW Rabbit Diesel, and an '84 VW Jetta Turbo Diesel, the TrailBlazer has been by far the best, and most reliable vehicle I've owned. Yes, it gets terrible fuel economy in comparison, but I knew that it would. I'll never, ever own a VW again, even if they hadn't made the mistake of the century with their "clean" diesel.

Doug Goodwin I'm the opposite. I would never in my life own, drive or even work on a gm product. Everyone I've ever known that bought one has literally had nothing but problems out of them. I owned ONE, and it was the worst automotive mistake I ever made. it had 70 something thousand on it when it puked its rods out. Had clean oil in it, didn't burn or leak any, showed full on the stick. Never got an oil pressure warning. Just bang clatter clatter. Piece of shit. But my Jetta, which isn't diesel, has been one of the best trouble free cars I've ever owned. 185k and has only needed maintenance and I just did the timing chains on it, but they were the factory set. I probably would buy another VW, but I would definitely own another Toyota, and as much as I HATE and despise American cars, believe it or not I would consider another Ford diesel truck.

DavEnzoF1 finally, a little math and the voice of reason in this thread. Fact is, the Cruze got 5 mpg better on this test than the VW. Fact!

Agreed

Jason Somers When I started dating my ex-wife, which was in 1989, she had a one year old Honda CRX. It had a 4-cylinder engine and a 5 speed manual. It would get 50+ mpg on the highway. To get that kind of mileage now, you either need a diesel or a hybrid. What the hell is going on here. You would think that we should be able to do even better now than we could in 88 or 89.

LK Campbell Did she do the calculations herself or was that the rated number?

that was just what we observed during long trips.

Not really well you must be poor.

If you drive a Ford you must be pretty loaded because your fixing that thing all the time.

I can't seem to find anything in googling as to why that is the case. It is also what keeps me away from all small diesels. Also dual-mass flywheels, high pressure fuel pumps, and just VERY POOR diesel fuels in the US. VW is blaming owners when the high pressure fuel pump goes bad. The only thing that might change my mind, is a VW TDI Tiguan 4motion, if it hits the US and is below 28,000 dollars...which I highly doubt. Last I had heard, Mazda was going to be bringing the US a CX-5 diesel with timing chain. I don't plan to hold my breath for that to become a reality. Every other manufacturer has diesels, we just never get them in the US...it's bullsh*t(Kia, Subaru, Mitsubishi).

GM will cut costs any possible way that they can. Even in lieu of quality and safety.

belts are quieter and are much easier and cheaper to replace. chains wear out too and they have tensioners that can go bad. i wouldnt mind either one, if you go to a decent shop, its not very expensive for a belt job. i got a 2005 accord v6 timing belt/pump/tensioners/pulleys all replaced with OEM parts for 700 bucks at 130k miles. you cant assume that just because it has a chain it will last forever. (although they last much longer usually)

A belt is the owner's responsibility should it snap, a chain is the manufacturer's(if under warranty). If your engine is like mine, the chain is sandwiched between the transmission and the motor. So the entire engine/transmission must be hoisted from the car. I'd opt to buy a new car, rather than have a chain replaced due to that cost. If that were a belt...the car would be garbage. There are vehicles(not common) with gears, rather than chain or belt, it's a manufacturing choice based on greed. Don't make excuses for bad engineering.

sometimes they will use belts as part of a "gram strategy" to knock the car to a lower weight class. Yes, it is just ounces, but if they fall into a lower weight class they get government breaks, or at least they used to

My mom's regular gas engine Eco Cruze will do that.

+smasila 'Isn't it destructive to run out of fuel in a Diesel car?' NO ! its just inconvenient, now use what intelligence you have to figure that out! and also LOOK IT UP before you say stupid stuff ya idiot!

Actually Cruze diesel is 3500lbs

No it didn't. Video or didnt happen. You didn't say Chevy Cruze diesel because the Cruse has far superior range than TDi.

Some guys claim 60+mpg with the older ALH engines. This is possible with a retune on the newer ones also.

Even accounting for a slightly larger tank, teh Cruse is a superior diesel to the TDI and Chevy didnt screw the pooch with dieselgate like VW did.

jaymz Reschke i seen that 😂😂

what is that ?

im NOT impressed with the cruze, I had a 2015 jetta tdi, and filled the tank with diesel and drove exactly 805.4miles when the low fuel light came on! I could have easily hit over 900miles with the remaining fuel in the tank!! and yes you right, I'd rather have the jetta, vw has had proven diesel engine technology for many decades!

@@firstnamelastname776 Technology can't be any good if they cheated on emissions.

+PETER MAINWALD with my alh im always between 700 to 930 miles

+PETER MAINWALD with my alh im always between 700 to 930 miles

I'm looking for an ALH. That's the forever car!

@@davekana8388 I own 3 and all have over 350,000kms, one Golf auto, 2 Golf’s manual, one of which is a 6spd custom install on an 02 ALH…1300kms on 55 L when driving 90 to 100 kph constant speed. I love these cars

So far so good!