The bulk of the modifications were made by the previous owner in order to campaign the TDI in Car and Driver magazine's One Lap of America race. While it is not as powerful as some exotic sports cars, the 35-mpg fuel economy was a great advantage in this type of cross-country race. Hopefully U.S. consumers will soon learn the advantage of small diesel engines as well, and we will see them under the hood of more compact cars in the near future. While we have no plans to turn into Import Tuner, this is not likely to be the last sports car you see on the pages of Diesel Power.