I have a 2006 (pre-scandal) TDI Golf that for years has functioned as the go-to car when the hauling capacity of the F-350 isn't needed. It is not, of course, anywhere near the auto that the Model S is but, for an ICE, it gets:
* good
real mileage (about 46mpg; I can just tweak it to 50mpg by very careful driving);
* very nice zip (of course, anything has that after a 1-ton pickup)
* extremely
low maintenance costs (I wonder why Jerry33 has the exact opposite experience).
This car was on the very last auto-transport ship from VW's Brazilian manuf'g site before they stopped selling diesels in the US....for three years...now, of course, we all know that they recommenced sales in 2009 once they figured out how miraculously to meet the new standards
I still love this little car - but we really don't use it much. In its 9 years, I've put on it only 26,000 miles.
Oh, but wait: NO, I never will purchase another VW product in this lifetime.