A Washington VW dealer wants to let everyone know that he offers a high-MPG vehicle.  To prove so he challenged the Prius to a MPG contest by driving the 2 cars from Auburn, WA to San Francisco.

The results?  The Jetta went 733 miles on one tank of fuel and registered 50.5 MPG.  The Prius managed a still very good 48.2 MPG and had to be filled up at 570 miles.  The drivers of both cars kept to the speed limit through the trip.

Now, I personally think the Prius would do better in the city, but I am very impressed to see the numbers put up by the 2009 Jetta!

A news article about the challenge:
http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/business/25575664.html

Visit their Myspace page:
http://www.myspace.com/auburnvw

Tags: fuel, jetta, Jetta TDI, MPG, prius, vw dealer, VW Diesel

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