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0Volkswagen of America: Full speed ahead with diesel! 1263841380
2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI – Click above for high-res image gallerySince Volkswagen relaunched the Jetta TDI in late 2008 with an updated 50-state legal engine, diesel has been a major sales driver for the German company and CEO Stefan Jacoby expects that trend to continue in the coming ... -
All Grown Up: Audi celebrates 20th birthday of TDI 1258754760
Audi A3 TDI – Click above for high-res image galleryAs Audi begins to roll out the A3 TDI to its U.S. dealers in the coming weeks and the diesel version of the Q7 takes an ever larger share of sales, it's time to celebrate. This fall marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the ... -
Demand for VW Jetta TDI remains strong in U.S. 1245704820
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI - Click above for high-res image galleryVolkswagen seems to have a nice success story on its hands in the form of the latest Jetta TDI. In April, VW moved 2,253 Jetta TDIs. Last month, that number surged to 3,862, which accounts for about 36-percent of total Jetta sales. ... -
VW launches TDI Truth & Dare with coffee filter test 1241468940
Click above to watch the video after the breakAmericans typically have a poor opinion of diesel engines, and for good reason – yesterday's oil-burners were noisy, smelly and generally unrefined. Today, none of those traits would accurately describe the modern diesel engines from any number ... -
VW CEO Martin Winterkorn: Electric cars 15-20 years away 1236171420
Click above for a high-res gallery of the VW up!Show season is upon us, which means there will be a ton of interesting new concept vehicles and freshly announced production models for all of us gearheads to ogle over. Another sometimes overlooked feature of auto shows like the one that's ... -
Top Gear America begins work on 70 mpg project car 1235175840
Click above for high-res gallery of TopGear.com America's Project SipsterInterested in a car that can get 70 miles per gallon and run from zero to sixty in under 7 seconds? Yeah, so are we. How much do you want to pay for it? Top Gear America thinks that $7K sounds just about right, and it wants ... -
Ford hybrid and BMW and VW diesels make Ward's 10 best engines list 1228690980
Ward's Auto World has published its 15th annual ten best engines list and several fuel efficient powertrains have been honored. Two new diesel engines were joined by Ford's Escape hybrid on the list. The dual turbocharged 3.0L inline 6 cylinder diesel from BMW and the Volkswagen 2.0L TDI were the ...
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Bentley boss gets over-ruled, diesel possible 1227367380
It looks like Bentley chief Franz-Josef Paefgen is being over-ruled when it comes to what kinds of powertrains will appear in his cars in the future. Specifically, Volkswagen is firmly committed to diesel engines while Paefgen has said that they are inappropriate for Bentley automobiles. VW Group ...
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Volkswagen adding BlueMotion versions of Touran and Sharan MPVs 1224427920
Volkswagen is expanding its BlueMotion lineup again, this time moving to its people movers. BlueMotion versions of the Golf-based Touran and the larger Sharan will follow the same pattern of similarly-badged VWs. High efficiency diesel engines will be combined with some usual aerodynamic tweaks, ...
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Jetta TDI proving more popular than VW planned 1223067780
Click above for high-res shots of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDIVolkswagen is reporting that its new 50-State legal clean diesel Jetta TDI has already sold out. U.S. dealerships had an allotment of 1,300 TDIs and those have all been spoken for. The good news is that VW of America is likely to get ...

