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More specifically, the Germany automaker is recalling 153 diesel-powered 2012 Passat sedans built from January 18, 2011, through June 1, 2011, because the diesel fuel filter element may not have ...

Yet during the second quarter of our year-long stint with the 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI, we paid less than $4 a gallon for fuel only three times—and no one bitched.

In a test drive of the new, 2012 model VW Passat diesel, the trip computer showed fuel economy around 45 mpg on long stretches of interstate highway.