Oil/Gas crisis

So, everyone bleats about how bad gas prices are and how low the MPG is on cars. I have an older post somewhere about diesel E350 Benzs that get great mileage. Now, Jaguar has an XJ diesel that gets 50mpg. I'd link the story, but it requires registration, so I did the heavy lifting for you:

Jaguar XJ TDVi saloon has travelled 1,000 miles, from Land's End to John O'Groats, and then back to the Midlands, on a single tank of diesel.

The vehicle was a totally standard car, fitted with sat-nav, CD autochanger and rear DVD player screens. Powered by its twin-turbo 2.7 litre diesel, the aluminium-body XJ averaged 53.5mpg on the voyage.

Geoff Cousins, MD of Jaguar UK, said: "We were always optimistic that the XJ Diesel could do this, but the figures were beyond our best expectations. They show that the XJ diesel is a truly economical luxury car...and proves that the XJ really is one of the most environmentally friendly cars in its class."

I should note that BMW's 330d gets about 45MPG, top end of 145 and does a sub 7-second 0-60, so a diesel doesn't have to be a slow car. With a stick shift, a Diesel VW Golf 42/49 MPG (auto gets 34/45). Etc. etc.