mburleigh8 - I want the 4 door so I guess we won't have to fight over the same car. Hard to believe that deisel is selling for less than gasoline at this point - how long will that last? For as long as it does it makes these oil burners a screaming winner. I wish we'd get some US mileage figures - epa and real world data would be appreciated.

Stick the 1.8L into the rabbit/golf - combined with the new 6 and 7 speed transmissions and it would sell like hotcakes. I'm guessing that it's cheaper to produce than the 1.4L supercharged/tubo option but still provides good gas mileage (34 mgp US in combined cycle - with 160 hp and 7.4 sec to 60 - Killer) - which is what will make folks agree to buy the rabbit/golf while we wait for their hybrid models.