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VW Jetta TDI wins 2009 Green Car of the Year

 
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The Los Angeles Auto Show is winding down its press events today, but this morning's first feature was the revelation of the winner of the 2009 Green Car of the Year award. Volkswagen's 2009 Jetta TDI took the honor, beating out a field of five finalists.

The Jetta TDI is the first 'clean diesel' to win the award, handed out by the Green Car Journal since 2005.

"The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI epitomizes what the Green Car of the Year honor is all about," said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of the Green Car Journal. The key facets of the Jetta's feature sheet that secured the award are its 41mpg highway fuel economy, low emissions and affordability compared to gasoline-electric hybrids.

BMW's 335d, the Ford Fusion Hybrid, Saturn's Vue 2-mode Hybrid and the Smart ForTwo were the others cars rounding out the five final contenders for the GCOTY prize. Edging out the 335d isn't a major surprise, since the 3-series' diesel member is as much about performance and capability as it is about economy. Coming out ahead of a dedicated city car and two of the newest hybrids on the market is no small feat, however.

For more information about the 2009 Jetta TDI, check out our previous coverage here.
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  1. ma_www.mywheelsonwalls.com avatar www.mywheelsonwalls.com Posted: 11/20/2008 3:36pm PST

    Here I was thinking that Toyota had won the perception game. All is not lost then I see!!!

    Chalk another one up for diesels!!!!
     
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  2. ma_mburleigh8 avatar mburleigh8 Posted: 11/20/2008 5:06pm PST

    You go VW, good job
    Now if the American car makers had a good quality car that got 40+MPG they wouldn't be begging for $.
     
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  3. ma_www.mywheelsonwalls.com avatar www.mywheelsonwalls.com Posted: 11/20/2008 11:03pm PST

    American car companies do already make such cars the problem is they only produce and sell them in other markets.

    If the big three can hang in there I'm pretty sure whats running around in Europe will soon be the norm here in the U.S. It all hangs on two things. The American car buying public does not revert to old ways and if they do, that the big three does not produce what the public thinks they can afford.
     
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