Volkswagen Jetta News

Debi Altberg wasn't searching for a hybrid when she recently visited Seacoast Volkswagen intending to buy a second Volkswagen, but when the decision came down to which vehicle had the best fuel economy and highest miles per gallon, Altberg was sold on the new turbocharged Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid.

In rural northern Germany, a 35-million investment has transformed a munitions depot into the BIlster Berg racetrack, a 19-turn, 2.5-mile playground.

Diesel engines today meet the same emissions standards as gasoline vehicles. Improvements in fuel injection and electronic engine control technologies have increased power and fuel efficiency.

If you need any more evidence that the automotive cultures are different between Europe and the U.S. you need look no further at the list of winners of the 2013 Tow Car Awards, conducted collaboratively between Practical Caravan and What Car? Magazines for the U.K.'s Camping and Caravanning Club.

The fourth model in the newly expanded Prius lineup, this is the least expensive Toyota hybrid, and has fuel economy even better than that of the groundbreaking Prius compact hatchback.

Boasting an EPA-estimated 27/46/33 mpg city/highway/combined, the diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan is now hitting dealerships in select cities.

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Volkswagen in New Zealand has instituted a recall of more than 2500 Volkwagen cars following recall reports from China, Japan, Europe, the US and most recently Australia.

The Volkswagen Jetta falls into that category of automobiles that has a very loyal following and when they are looking for good performing compact four-door sedan with reasonable extras and lots of room in the cabin and in the trunk, only a Jetta will do.

SYDNEY: German auto giant Volkswagen yesterday recalled nearly 26,000 vehicles in Australia and Audi followed suit with 6,000 cars due to a gearbox problem that could cause a loss of power while driving.

AUDI will recall more than 6000 hatchbacks due to the same gearbox safety concerns that prompted its parent company Volkswagen to announce a recall of almost 26,000 vehicles.

The move is being enforced following customers' uproar on safety issues particularly on the vehicles' direct-shift gearbox .

Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Jetta is set up for street and track, and is claimed to done double duty in both SCCA Time Trials and as a daily driver.

The vehicles affected were built between June 2008 and September 2011 and include the Golf hatchback, the Jetta sedan, the Polo hatchback, the Passat sedan and wagon and the Caddy van.

All this talk about diesels remains largely just yammer. Despite years of automaker promises and auto-show oaths, plus hipster queues at Volkswagen dealerships for Jetta wagons with stick shifts and 500-mile ranges, the American diesel market is barely running at a cold idle.

According to witnesses, the unidentified woman was trying to enter the driver's side of her parked Silver Infiniti when a Volkswagen Jetta came down East Tremont Avenue near Scott Place at around 5 p.m. and swerved to avoid hitting a turning car but hit a black car that pinned her against her car, severing her leg.

Here's the thing: it takes a lot of practice to drive like a true hypermiler. The 2013 VW Passat TDI Clean Diesel with a manual transmission, for example, has an EPA estimated 31 city/43 highway mile per gallon rating.

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