I have a feeling there will be a VW version of the Kizashi eventually too... I don't think we will see it in the US, but maybe we will. There already is, it's called the Jetta. Actually, probably more fair to say that the Kizashi is a Suzuki version of the Jetta A5. Nothing wrong with copying a goo...

I have a 50 mile commute from San Antonio to Austin each morning and again at night. I traded a 2003 VW Golf TDI for a 2011 Kizashi and have gone from 44/48 mpg to 28.5/29.5 mpg. I'm actually a little disappointed in the MPG, but then again, it would be better if I wasn't always driving so dang fast...

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The issue for the Civic and the Corolla is not that they are that BAD, but that other cars in their price class advanced the art of compact cars so much more quickly than Honda and Toyota have. There is no doubt that the Civic feels 'cheap' inside, with hard, shiny plastic, numb steering, and inter...