Sounds promising Greg. Maybe with advances in tech they are able to get the car to perform the same with the mesh in the intake and a bit of software, we'll see! The mesh looks like it will enable the air mass meter make more accurate readings so that's got to be better all round for efficiency, but I guess with it's current free rein approach there must be scenario's where ambient temp allows more air and fuel in under some circumstances.
Would be intersted to see if the latest 2.0tdi has this sort of set up and whether other manufactuers focus on the instake area to improve emissions/performance balance too.
But a bit of compensation wouldn't go amiss of course