yeah... I don't like most of the latest VW, but they are reliable, efficient, the GTi or R32 are really sweet cars, and UNLIKE BMW, VW provides a range of fuel-efficiency tuned cars here in Europe. They're called the "BlueMotion" models and really work great. Basically you can have the Polo, Golf, Passat and Touran models wth it. Bluemotion is working because they use smaller tires, have a special body kit to improve aerodynamics, are lowered (I think?), and get a special tranny. Also the engines are mpg-tuned. And you get all of this for about 700-1000 bucks on top of the price for a normal VW, so that's an awesome deal