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  • VW Jetta TDI Cup Race Car

    Volkswagen is joining the throngs headed out to Las Vegas for the SEMA show starting tomorrow. Among its offerings will be a 2009 Jetta TDI Cup Car, a TDI Cup 'Street' Edition concept, the CC 'Gold Coast' Edition shown at Pebble Beach this year, and the Tiguan Performance Concept. The race car is the highlight of the show, offering an insight into the series founded this year to help build motorsports careers for young drivers. Bringing the car to SEMA is also likely in part a marketing ploy for the series itself, which just completed its first season in operation. Featuring a range of...

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    Volkswagen gearing up for new U.S. sales push

    The downturn in vehicle sales around the world is affecting nearly every carmaker in some way or another, but not equally in each market. Volkswagen, for example, has been on a four-year downturn in the U.S., with 2008 merely marking a particularly rough spot. But the company is working to turn...

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    VW Jetta TDI used to set new Guinness fuel economy record

    The Guinness World Record for lowest fuel consumption has been claimed by hypermiling power couple John and Helen Taylor at the wheel of a 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. Burning diesel across the lower 48 United States, the pair averaged 58.82mpg (3.99L/100km) over 20 days. Previously the record for...

  • VW Jetta TDI eligible for $1,300 tax credit in U.S.
    VW Jetta TDI eligible for $1,300 tax credit in U.S.

    Volkswagen has announced that buyers of the Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen in the U.S. are eligible for a $1,300 tax credit that’s normally reserved for hybrid vehicles. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a certification letter affirming that the Jetta TDI qualifies for...

  • Update: Volkswagen reveals pricing for 2009 Jetta TDI
    Update: Volkswagen reveals pricing for 2009 Jetta TDI

    Update: Filling in the final piece of the 2009 Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen puzzle, Volkswagen today announced the pricing for the car's return to the U.S. At base prices of $21,990 for the sedan and $23,590 for the SportWagen, VW is likely to get a good response from U.S. buyers ready to make a...

  • VW announces new hybrid and electric models
    VW announces new hybrid and electric models

    Plug-in hybrids and electric cars are just around the corner, with 2010 set to be a banner year for the industry. Volkswagen's latest news adds to the anticipation with the announcement of hybrid drive to be extended to three models and a new electric car. The three hybrids will be the Golf (Rabbit...

  • Volkswagen Wolfsburg Edition Jetta 2.0T heads to U.S.

    One strategy Volkswagen is looking at to make its cars more appealing in the U.S. is to offer smaller and more efficient engines than its rivals but use turbochargers to maintain class leading performance. Only yesterday we reported that VW was investigating launching vehicles in the U.S. with downsized engines and today the carmaker has announced a new Jetta 2.0T model, which follows last year’s 2.5L version. The specific model is the Wolfsburg Edition Jetta 2.0T, of which VW will supply just 12,500 units at a price of $20,875. Safety features include six airbags as standard (two more...

  • Jetta TSI racecar to race in VW Cup
    Jetta TSI racecar to race in VW Cup

    The Audi R10 diesel shook up the racing world when it stormed onto the Le Mans circuit in 2006, and now Audi parent company Volkswagen is applying some of the lessons it learned there to its sports car racing program by introducing the petrol-powered VW Jetta TSI racer. The racer’s debut...

  • 2008 Jetta sedan will be first VW with Bluetec
    2008 Jetta sedan will be first VW with Bluetec

    The first Volkswagen vehicle to feature new Bluetec clean-diesel technology in the US will be the 2008 model-year Jetta sedan. The company announced at last year’s L.A. Auto Show that it too would offer its own range of Bluetec diesels, sharing technologies with DaimlerChrysler and sister...

  • VW to release first hybrid in 2009
    VW to release first hybrid in 2009

    Volkswagen is tired of Toyota getting all the glory for its Prius petrol-hybrid vehicles, so will be introducing one of its own in 2009. The first model will be a Jetta and will achieve better economy than the normal TDI versions currently available on the market. The current Jetta gets a fuel...

  • 2008 VW Jetta TDI caught on US shores
    2008 VW Jetta TDI caught on US shores

    Thanks to the recent regulatory changes that ban diesel fuels with high sulfur content many, new and exciting cars that require this fuel won’t be coming here. Unfortunately for Volkswagen, many of the vehicles in question wear the VW badge. Cars that don’t meet the new standards...

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