[quote=jimmyle]Why the diesel version of any car costs so much more than the gasoline. The diesel premium is even more than the hybrid premium. You can understand the hybrid premium with the massive battery and additional electric motor.
2014 Volkswagen Passat Sedan–MSRP from $20,845
2014 Volkswagen Passat Diesel–MSRP from $26,295
I wonder if the out of the door differnce is much smaller than the MSRPs suggest.
[quote=AN][quote=evolusd]On the topic of cars, what do you guys think of the trend of more diesels in USA? Seems like you get the gas mileage benefit of a hybrid, but don’t sacrifice the driving pleasure as they tend to have tons of low end torque.
Audi A3 TDI sedan looks pretty cool.[/quote]I’m loving the fact that there are more diesels in the US now. Although, all of them have been gearing toward MPG instead of performance. I’d love to see one that gear more toward performance.[/quote][/quote]
Diesel engines have to be made much more robustly to handle the nearly double compression ratio. Also, most are going to Common Rail Injection which use a Bosch fuel pump that runs over $2000 (capable of producing something like 20,000 lbs of pressure), and they all need a turbo which adds another $2000 or more.
