Volkswagen Jetta TDI is 2009 Green Car of the Year

Returns 38mpg in city driving

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Wins Green Car of the Year at 2008 Los Angeles Motor Show

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out4ride

Awesome. Nice done VW.

November 21, 2008 9:21 pm

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Jamie.Matthews

wow, a whole 38mpg, get a golf diesel, get 70 mpg

November 21, 2008 9:27 pm

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plasma_cluster

TDI has always been better then hybrid. The polution and chemicals which go into making those Prius batteries easily offset how "green" they are let alone what people are doing with the harmful chemicals in the massive batteries once the cars life is over

November 22, 2008 6:01 am

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DieselDog

I am pleased to see clean diesel getting noticed. I have averaged 50.8 MPG (documented) in mixed driving over a 2-year period in my '99 Jetta TDI. With over 202,000 miles on it, I would only replace it with a clean diesel. Sure VW, M-B, and BMW have great small diesels, but what about newer, lighter clean diesels from Honda and Subaru? When is the USA getting competitive alternatives?

November 23, 2008 2:07 am

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GanSan

I'm confused. My German relatives have a newish diesel Golf, and they have to pay for a permit to drive the vehicle in their region of Frankfurt because the diesel engine produces more pollution than the regular petrol variant. Does this new technology actually make the diesel spew less emissions than regular petrol? It's a real shame that Australia gets screwed and left with less refined fuels. Cars have to be re-tuned for Australian fuels and turbo cars have more lag. Twin-turbo cars are even worse, with a gap between the two, which leads to massive disappointment.

November 24, 2008 1:39 am

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