>It's funny, on my latest trip to Austria I rented a Skoda
>Fabia wagon. It's a smaller car, think subaru imprezza wagon size.
>It had a 3 cylinder, 1.4L Turbo diesel (a VW engine).

Sounds like it might be the same engine that was in a VW Polo rental I had 
recently. When stopped at an intersection it was that quiet while idling I 
could have sworn the engine had stopped. It did let you know it was there 
when getting along at 60mph, but without being excessively noisy. 

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