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    Sales of clean diesel models skyrocket in September; hybrids dip
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    2011 Honda CR-Z vs. 2010 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Street Cup Edition – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Hybrid sales shot up ten percent in September, compared to a year ago, but the year-to-date numbers tell a different story. So far in 2010, automakers have tallied ten-percent fewer ...

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    Cummins MerCruiser, VW team up for Tier 3-approved marine diesel engines
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    While most of our coverage focuses on vehicles planted on terra firma, the green revolution is taking to waters across the globe as well. Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD), a leading supplier of propulsion systems for the marine industry, has teamed up with Volkswagen to jointly develop diesel ...

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    VW admits diesel hybrids simply "dont make good business sense"
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    Volkswagen Up! Lite Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery
    If you recall, Volkswagen introduced its Up! Lite concept at the Los Angeles Auto Show last year. The Up! Lite was constructed from lightweight materials like aluminum and carbon-fiber that contributed to a curb weight of ...

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    Volkswagen of America: Full speed ahead with diesel!
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    2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI – Click above for high-res image gallery
    Since 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 ...

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    VW launches TDI Truth & Dare with coffee filter test
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    Americans 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 ...

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    VW's Jacoby says few countries ready for electric vehicles
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    Click above for a high-res image gallery of the Volkswagen Bluesport Concept
    Earlier this month at the Geneva Motor Show, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn mentioned to a group of reporters that, in his mind at least, electric cars were at least 15-20 years away. Now, Volkswagen of USA head Stefan ...

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    Ford hybrid and BMW and VW diesels make Ward's 10 best engines list
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    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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    VIDEO: Shawn Fanning tells the Beetle clean diesel is cooler than free music
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    In case you haven't noticed, Volkswagen of American has a new spokesbug in their commercials. A couple of weeks ago, the German brand started running a series of ads featuring a black fifties era Beetle as the host of a talk show with the likes of Heidi Klum and German pop idol David Hasselhof as ...

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    Volkswagen launching diesel offensive
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    Volkswagen has long been a proponent of diesel engines and they are accelerating those efforts. Starting early in 2008 the company will launch new diesel engines in the US market using the CleanTDI branding. The first models available will be the Jetta Sportwagen and sedan which will be fifty-state ...

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    2008 Jetta diesel will be the first to be sold in all 50 states since '99
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    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 ...

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