Rapport: What are your mpg expectations? I wouldn’t put high hopes on the GTDs tall figures. I came from a Scirocco 170TDI (which has no fuel saving “blue motion” tech on it at all) that I could drive pretty hard and get 50mpg (indicated, 46mpg actual) all day – pushing 58mpg (indicated) on longer journeys. I am currently getting 43mpg (indicated, likely 41mpg actual) with my GTD around the doors and about 46mpg indicated on longer journeys, driving it far less hard in an effort to try and get my mpg up. From a mpg point of perspective my GTD is a bit of a disappointment. Buy it for performance more than mpg. I’m wondering whether I should’ve bought a GTI to get an honest 35mpg out of it rather than the GTD with 41mpg.

If you do 20k miles a year you have better copes of cracking 50mpg in yours.