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Originally Posted by AndrewGS
The 24MPG figure is EPA combined, the figure normally used in Europe instead of the false hope figure of EPA highway that's normally thrown around here in the States. 24MPG combined is also the number for the HHR 2.4L/automatic while the 2.2L/automatic is rated at 25MPG combined.
I'm not really in agreement with CR's expected reliability score. Just scour the VW forums to see the multitudes of quality problems. I do think it's a nice car, however, and it has the best interior for the money, period.
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2007 VW Rabbit...owned for a year and a half...6 speed auto...(*knock on wood *) not a single problem in the year and a half...cannot say that about ANY GM product I've ever owned (though I've never had a 'major' problem in any, either, except for the stall issue on our '04 Ion, which they couldn't fix so it was traded on the Rabbit, and the heater core and tranny problems I had on my '95 Monte - both fixed under warranty)...
So, reliability...so far...check...
Interior fit and finish, handling, braking, etc. as CR reported...for a car we paid $16 for...better than anything I ever got from GM...check...
24mpg? It's rated at 21 or 22 mpgh city...we routinely get 24/25mpg around town. Rated at 30mpg's on the hwy...never had it on a truly hwy trip to find out but I think we can eak out 34 w/ it...check there too...
"Ehh...what's up doc?"
To be honest, w/ this experience, I may not consider another GM car the next time. Not that I don't want to, it's just that there's much to like about the VW, for the money, we are quite pleased with it. I want to have a GM that was like that for us, but it just never comes to pass.
Now, for trucks, I'll get a Chevy every time (until VW comes out w/ one, and I'll seriously have to take a look)...