TDi150 vs 225R Buying advice

[Dyscontinued]

simple answer to the LCR vs PD150...

Buy one of these!

The new Toyota Prius. This way the LCR bashers win with it being a petrol, and PD150 diehards win with it being economical plus bags of torque.

You can all thank me later at the AmD meet

I'd have mine in yellow with decals like holes in cheese.

 

[S3 AKR]

For what its worth, my PD150 keeps with an AMD remapped Cupra (not R) running 225bhp, and I prefer driving it more than the VRS - but....... for out and out power, I could remap the VRS to push a lot more than the already remapped PD150. Then I'd probably use the VRS a lot more!

You drive diesel cars in a different way and its something you "learn" so you have to adapt to it as you need to keep them in the peak torque area between gears where petrol you just rag it. The other plus is the fuel consumption and in mine it gets 48mpg at 90 mph with 193bhp. The VRS gets 30mpg at 90 mph with 200bhp. Go test drive them both for a decent period of time over the same mixed route and don't be afraid to give it the beans.

When we bought the VRS we chose petrol over diesel as we didn't think we'd recoup the extra cost over 3 years and 30k miles through the stronger residuals and better mpg.

 

[GREY 225]

The way i see it is if you do alot of miles and are not 100% bothered about ultimate performance, dont mind the sound of a diesel engine then 95% of the time the diesel will have more than enough performance for everyday driving on public roads.
I think a standard LCR will out perform a standard pd150, a mapped diesel will keep up with a standard LCR, MAYBE slightly quicker between 50-70, but a remapped LCR will kill a mapped diesel 150 any day of the week, and im not talking on public roads, someone can keep up in a much less powerfull car on public roads because of all the hazards it just aint safe, go get on a track and see then what happens.
And yes ive had both diesel and petrol so im not biased either way.