With clean automobile technology moving closer to the hybrid or electric craze little is known about the equally cool clean diesel. The new 2009 VW Jetta TDI is a great little car that can get you around in style without a major environmental footprint.
It used to be that diesels produced smog that if combined in traffic could amount to some bad situations. That however could be a thing of the past since diesel now contains just trace amounts of sulphur. Combine that with the TDI engine and you’ve solved the diesel engine argument.
So now that we have that cleared up let’s look …read more

Volkswagen asked third-party certifier, AMCI, to take a look at their Jetta TDI and the results are in. EPA ratings for gas mileage were 24% lower than real-world economy. AMCI gave the Jetta TDI a rating of 38 mpg in the city and 44 mpg on the highway.
You would think those results, paired with advanced safety features and Volkswagen’s Carefree Maintenance Program (which keeps scheduled maintenance free throughout the New Vehicle Limited Warranty) you couldn’t do much better … but the US government has stepped in and granted taxpayers a federal tax credit for buying either the sedan or SportsWagen …read more