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      11-11-2012, 02:11 AM   #20
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Interest in 530d/ 520d consumption figures

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I am new here, and considering moving to a new 520d GT or an ex-demo 530d GT.

I have driven 2 VW Phaeton 3.0 diesel for the past 5 years and overall these show an OBC of about 31mpg long term: a range of up to 600 miles on the 80L fill-up.

I am really interested in the trade off in performance of the 520GT. On paper it looks adequate, and the extra economy might be an acceptable price for the slight 4 cylinder noise at tickover, but experience suggests that working a smaller diesel hard kills economy, so the 530d might be worth it.

All help for a newby appreciated!

As a side issue, the 184hp diesel in the GT is so much quiteter than in the 520d touring. My wife & I drove them both at dealer, and the GT is so much more like a luxury car. Really impressive.
Don't understand why it's not more popular. But then again, I did drive VW Phaeton; another totally misunderstood car!
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