Anthony,

you got the figures a little wrong.it is Liters of fuel per 100km distance,
so the lower the figure the better. the diesel has the much better fuel
efficiency.

flo

On 12/21/06, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the OZ link, Stephen.  Is the 4Motion system run on a VC like
> the syncro?  Or is it fulltime all-wheel drive?
> I went to the tech page for the multivan and was very surprised to see
> that the V6 gas model got significantly better fuel economy than the TDI,
> i.e. about 13 L/100km for the gas vs. 9 for the TDI.  Anyone venture a
> guess why?
> Anthony
> '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> Stephen Overmyer <S.OVERMYER@UWS.EDU.AU> wrote:
>
> Date:    Thu, 21 Dec 2006 08:45:16 -0800
> From:    Florian Speier
> Subject: Re: Awesome new Westfalia
>
> In addition, VW does not sell the t5 van in a gas version in any of the
> world markets - diesel only. Its even available in mexiko (not the
> camper though,  the van) with their trouble getting diesels emmission
> certified, that would be another hurdle.
> flo
>
>
>
> Not true of all world markets. Here in the land of Oz, for the T5 we get
> the choice of 3 diesel engines from 4cyl 1.9 NA thru to a 2.5L 128kW TDI
> in the transporter range (incl single & double cabs) plus the choice of
> 128kW TDI or 3.2L V6 petrol engine in the various versions of the
> multivan...the new name for the caravelles/people movers.
> And then of course you can also specify 4motion as well.
>
> See www.volkswagen.com.au  and navigate your way to the commercial vans
> and people movers.
>
> I am now seeing as many T5s on the Aus roads as T4s...if not more. Saw a
> beautiful electric blue T5 double cab this morning on the way to work...
>
> Cheers,
> Steve O
> NSW Australia
> '92 Transporter WBX Kombi
> '00 Transporter Double Cab
> '03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
> '78 Land Rover Series 3 109 soft top ute (ex-Aust.Army)
>
>
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