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Originally Posted by jeremyc74
The gearing is so high the TDI's are still slow as hell. Torque doesn't make a car fast. HP does. But even the Prius has more combined torque (over 350ft-lbs) than the diesel anway. In a drag race the MkIV won't even put a car lenth on the Prius. You aren't doing anything close to what I'd consider "spirited driving" in either of these cars.
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There's more to spirited driving than going fast in a straight line, (especially within American speed limits,) and the MkV Jetta TDI promises to be far more enjoyable in the corners than the Prius. (And there's certainly more of an aftermarket available for its suspension.)
As for reliability, I agree. VW is starting to show improvement over the atrocious work it put forth at the beginning of the decade, but the horror stories alone were enough to put me off of them. We'll see how they look again in another year or two.