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Gale Banks breathes on the VW Jetta TDI

Gale Banks is a name that should be very familiar to many diesel aficionados. Though Banks and the tuning company that bears his name usually work their magic on the biggest diesel pickups in the country, the technology that makes big rigs capable of pulling houses off their foundations works on smaller oil-burners just as well. Proof of such can be seen in the Banks-tuned Volkswagen Jetta Sidewinder. The car is reportedly very similar to the Jettas that VW uses in its TDI Cup series, and the powertrain modifications include a cold-air ... Read more →

Hoping to snag a Jetta TDI with your clunker cash? Too late! Sam Abuelsamid

Undoubtedly one of the vehicles that could have profited handsomely from this week's expected rush by Americans to unload old gas guzzlers for something more thrifty was Volkswagen's Jetta TDI. ...

Diesels grab 81% of Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen sales in June Sam Abuelsamid

General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda and everyone else may not think there is much of a market for mainstream diesel vehicles in the United States, but Volkswagen would beg to differ. Since it ...

VW clean diesels have best sales month since launch in June Sam Abuelsamid

May was another dismal month for car sales pretty much everywhere, including Volkswagen. There was however one bright spot at VW: sales of its Jetta TDI. Overall, sales of the Jetta were up 27.6 ...

Jetta TDI spotted doing taxi service in New York City Sam Abuelsamid

An alert reader in Manhattan recently noticed an unusual new vehicle decked in the yellow paint scheme of a New York cab. This is the first known example of a Volkswagen Jetta TDI doing livery ...

Diesel fan? VW wants you (to promote its cars) 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you are a fan of the diesel engine - and Volkswagen's TDI engine series in particular - VW would love it if you'd go ahead and spread your love of the oil-burner with your family and friends. Of course, having the only 50-state legal diesel on the market, at least for a little while, the ...

Inaugural VW Jetta TDI cup season half-way home 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen is now halfway through the first season of its new Jetta TDI cup series and so far it's apparently been a big success. We attended the first race at VIRginia International Raceway back in late April and the racing was great fun to watch. Four different drivers have won the first four ...

Many dealers report selling out of Jetta TDI, Tiguan TDI possible 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen dealerships are reporting strong demand for the brand-new 2009 Jetta and Jetta Sportwagen TDI. Some dealers have even sold out before their first TDI even showed up on the lot, despite the fact that customers won't actually be getting their cars for at least another month or so. The ...

Officially Official: EPA rates 2009 Jetta TDI at 30/41mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI is coming to VW dealers this summer as the first of the new batch of 50 state clean diesels and the official EPA fuel economy numbers are now out. The diesel has come in with ratings of 30mpg on the urban cycle and 41mpg on the highway cycle. Those numbers are a bit ...

Jetta TDI Cup Mosport Report: David Jurca takes the checkered flag 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click David Jurca's Jetta for a high res gallery The second Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup race went into the books today with David Jurca taking the checkered flag at the Mosport track near Bowmanville, Ont. For the second straight race, Josh Hurley started from the number 1 position on the grid but ...


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