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Chicago 2009: Jetta TDI wins Motor Week's Drivers Choice "Best of Year" Award

The Jetta TDI has won the Popular Mechanics' Automotive Excellence Award, the Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year and, today in Chicago, Motor Week's Driver's Choice Award for the "Best of the Year." Not a bad four months for the German diesel. The car also took home Motor Week's "Best Eco-Friendly" title, while the Honda Fit won for "Best Small Car." Don't think the Jetta TDI is unstoppable; it lost the 2009 North American Car of the Year crown to the Hyundai Genesis last month in Detroit. Motor Week will air a special 2009 ... Read more →

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI John Neff

The car as we know it is being redefined. Hybrids have reintroduced electrons to the driving experience, and the rumble, shake and shimmy of internal combustion engines is being muffled and, in ...

Jetta TDI, Benz ML320 BlueTEC finalists for 2009 North American Car/Truck of the Year Sebastian Blanco

The 2009 Green Car of the Year, the Jetta TDI, could also be named the 2009 North American Car of the Year. After winning the top honor in LA a month ago, the Jetta TDI joins the Ford Flex and the ...

LA 2008: Green Car of the Year is the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Sebastian Blanco

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/environment/VW_Jetta_TDI_named_Green_Car_of_the_Year'; 8:45 am - So, the choices for the 2009 Green Car of the Year are: BMW 335d Ford Fusion hybrid Saturn ...

Jetta TDI proving more popular than VW planned Jeremy Korzeniewski

Volkswagen 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 ...

Volkswagen adds a new TSI engine to its lineup, goes common-rail as well 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is introducing a new 160hp version of its 1.4-liter TFSI engine. This engine and the 122hp version are replacing VW's 1.6 FSI and 2.0 FSI engines which produced 115 and 150hp, respectively. This change in the engine lineup will start in the Golf Plus, Jetta and Golf Variant versions. As ...

Mark Pombo wins the first ever Jetta TDI Cup race 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Several hours after yesterday's inaugural Jetta TDI Cup race, VW informed us that although Speed TV did record the entire race, it won't actually be on TV for a while. The cable network that seems to be almost all NASCAR all the time, will record all the races this year along with background on the ...

Josh Hurley grabs the pole for the first Jetta TDI Cup race w/VIDEO 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Jetta's for a high-res gallery We're on site here at VIRginia International Speedway for the very first race of the inaugural Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup and qualifying has just concluded. VIR is a gorgeous natural terrain road course in the hills along the border between Virginia and North ...

VW Jetta TDI Cup cars hit the track for the first time 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click for a high-res gallery The opening round of Volkswagen's new Jetta TDI cup race series is happening this weekend at VIRginia International Raceway and AutoblogGreen is on the scene. We arrived here in Virginia late yesterday evening and missed the first on-track session of the new Cup racers. ...

VW Jetta TDI Cup registration almost done, driver selection in early April 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

For those aspiring racers interested in competing in the new Volkswagen Jetta TDI cup this year, you only have a few weeks left to register. VW has set a February 29 deadline for 16-26 year old drivers to sign up for the inaugural running of the series using identically-prepared diesel-powered ...

ABG Driving Impression: 2008 Volkswagen Jetta CleanTDI 6spd DSG 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In conjunction with the kick off of Volkswagen's Dieselution tour, the assembled media got an opportunity to take a brief drive in one of the Jetta diesels. The prototype Jetta sedan that was on hand had the latest 2.0L CleanTDI engine mated up to a six-speed DSG gearbox. DSG is Volkwagen's ...

2008 Jetta diesel will be the first to be sold in all 50 states since '99 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I won't go in depth telling you all the specifications of the new diesel engine that is going into various VW's with the TDI moniker starting early in 2008, if you are interested in knowing more about them, click here. What I will mention is that these vehicles will mark the first Jetta's sold with ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2007 Volkswagen Passat TDI, Part Two 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the 2007 Volkswagen Passat. This is the second part of a review of the 2007 Volkswagen Passat TDI. Yesterday we covered the Passat's pricing, appearance and some of its many features. Click here to read part one. Today we cover the interior, ...

In the AutoblogGreen Garage: 2007 Volkswagen Passat TDI, Part One 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the 2007 Volkswagen Passat. Late last year I had the pleasure of helping my father choose his new vehicle, and after determining that he wanted a diesel sedan, we quickly narrowed the possible options - BMWs, the 300C, Audis, Peugeots, Mazdas, ...

Volkswagen ditches low end hybrids, Touareg gets the nod 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Volkswagen Touareg. Truck Tend is reporting that Volkswagen has changed its plans to introduce a range of hybrid models including in its entry level vehicles. Apparently VW's recently ousted CEO was planning to introduce hybrid versions of ...

Car and Driver's first drive of the new 50-state-legal Jetta TDI 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I won't give you all the details of Car and Driver's first test of the new Jetta TDI here, you can click to go to their site and read it if you'd like. But, I will give you some details... 50 state legal 140 HP, an increase of 40% over the 1.9 236 lb-ft torque, an increase of 33% ...

Volkswagen betting each way on powertrain technologies 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on above image to see complete high resolution gallery. Car and Driver have posted a feature article on the wide array of different powertrains that Volkswagen is testing in a bid to capitalise on new developments under way in a host of technologies. Ten different vehicles were available for ...

Jay Mankita, folk singer, promotes biodiesel 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Following in the footsteps of the LA artist promoting E85, folk singer Jay Mankita is raising awareness for biodiesel and vegetable oil, traveling to schools demonstrating his converted 2003 Volkswagen Jetta to students and curious parents. The Jetta was modified with a Greasecar kit, which allows ...

Volkswagen discontinues three diesel models for 2007 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen will not produce any diesel-engine Jetta, Golf or Beetle models in America in 2007 because the cars do not meet new federal emissions standards that take effect this fall, according to an article in Sunday's Detroit Free Press. Diesel model sales boomed for VW in 2006 and accounted for ...

Volkswagen diesel sale up to 22 percent of all VWs sold in the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Sales of diesel vehicles made up 22 percent of Volkswagen's sales in the United States last month, Bloomberg reported Monday. A Morgan Stanley analyst quoted in the article said that the fuel economy of diesel cars and rising gas prices caused the increase. Volkswagen's total sales were up 11 ...

How's it Run? Consumer Reports Tests Volkswagen Jetta TDI 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Those of you who love the feeling of farfegnugen were probably dissapointed to learn that the Taureg was listed as the 11th meanest car for this model year. Can you still drive a Volkswagen without feeling like you're sucking up gasoline and encouraging global warming? If you buy a diesel, you have ...


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