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Thursday, Jan 29
The Top 11 Super Bowl Car Commercials Of All Time
Vehicle: Volkswagen Jetta VR6 Year: Super Bowl XXXV (2001)
Sunday, Jan 11
Hyundai Genesis Named 2009 North American Car Of The Year [North American Car Of The Year]
The Genesis benefited from the new factor as well as the fact one of the other nominations, the Ford Flex, is barely a car and based on a familiar platform. As much as we were holding out for the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, we hope, like a pre-Departed Martin Scorsese, they're just happy to be nomina...
Thursday, Dec 18
2009 North American Car & Truck Of The Year Finalists Feature Two Fords, Hyundai [Detroit Auto Show]
The Hyundai Genesis will have stiff competition for 2009 North American Car Of The Year from the Ford Flex and the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, but is probably just happy to be nominated. The Truck Of The Year is a standoff between the 2009 Ford F-150, 2009 Dodge Ram and the diesel Mercedes ML320 Blu...
Wednesday, Nov 26
Good Morning America Drives The Strange Green Cars Of The Future [Alternative Energy]
According to Good Morning America green cars are just like you and me, but different. They have funny shapes, they use craaaaazy fuel and they're just a little gay (at least, that's what we think they were going for). The crew from GMA took out an NmG, the grease-powered Bio-Trike and a Tesla f...
Wednesday, Nov 19
2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Announced As 2009 Green Car Of The Year [La Auto Show]
For all of you sitting on the edges of your seat waiting for the announcement of the 2009 Green Car of the Year awarded by Green Car Journal at the LA Auto Show, you'll be happy to know it went to the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. The Jetta TDI is a fuel economy monster registering 50 MPG returns whil...
Thursday, Oct 30
2009 Green Car Of The Year Finalists Announced [La Auto Show]
LOS ANGELES – Oct. 30, 2008 — Green Car Journal's Top 5 for 2009™ – the year's best-of-the-best 'green' vehicles - have been identified by the magazine's editors. These vehicles are the five finalists competing for the Green Car Journal's 2009 Green Car of the Year® award: the BMW 335d, Ford...
Wednesday, Oct 22
New EPA Fuel Economy Guide Reveals Ten Most Fuel Efficient Vehicles For 2009 [I Feel Gassy]
By City: 1.) Toyota Prius: 48 2.) Honda Civic Hybrid: 40 3.) Nissan Altima Hybrid: 35 4.) Ford Escape/Mariner Hybrid 2WD: 34 5.) Smart Fortwo: 33 Toyota Camry Hybrid: 33 7.) Volkswagen Jetta/SportWagen Diesel: 30 8.) Toyota Yaris: 29 9.) Mini Cooper: 28 Honda FIt: 28
Thursday, Oct 2
The 24 Hours Of LeMons Detroit-ish Uber Gallery
2: Sofa King, Toyota Supra 5: Junk Player Special, VW Jetta 9: B-Team, Ford Thunderbird 27: RTT Tube Jockeys, Volkswagen Jetta 30: Track Addict, Toyota Supra 37: Mary Kay Racing, Toyota Celica 67: Size Matters Chrysler, Plymouth Fury 90: Focke Ewe, Volkswagen Golf
Tuesday, Sep 23
Ten Cars With Better Fuel Economy Than A Toyota Camry Hybrid
2009 Honda Civic GX CNG 2009 Toyota Yaris (Manual) 2009 Mercury Mariner Hybrid 2009 Volkswagen Jetta & Jetta SportWagen TDI (Manual) 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid 2009 Honda Civic Hybrid 2009 Toyota Prius Hybrid Sales Data: HybridCars.com. Fuel Economy Data: FuelEconomy.gov]
Sunday, Aug 31
The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England 2008 Uber Gallery
03 Dentonators, Volkswagen Golf The Dentonators piloted their Golf to 8th place and won the Fastest German trophy to boot. The guys on the team sent in some great photos for us. 77 Team Rob, His Two Loser Friends And Stupid Brother, Volkswagen Golf Is this the best team name ever or what? TRHTL...
Monday, Aug 25
The Top 24 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England [24 Hours Of Lemons]
via Blogdigger blog search for "Volkswagen Jetta" (TDI OR Jetta OR MPG OR diesel OR VW OR Prius OR Volkswagen OR Sportwagen OR diesels OR torque).
The Top 24 Lemons Of The 24 Hours Of LeMons New England
2: Kielbasa Kids, Honda Civic 8: Detonators, Volkswagen Golf 10: Team Rob, His Two Loser Friends, And Stupid Brother, Volkswagen Golf 12: Nut Job Racing, Honda Civic 13: Go Green, Honda CRX 17: Team Elemonators, Toyota Camry 21, La Grande Fromage, Volkswagen Jetta
Wednesday, May 21
2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part Three
Hairdressers: Yes Penny Pinchers: No Euro Snobs: Yes Working Stiffs: Yes Technogeeks: No Poseurs: No Soccer Moms: Yes Nascar Dads: No Golfing Grandparents: Yes Also Consider: • VW Jetta SportWagen TDI • VW Jetta SportWagen 2.0T • Mazda6 Wagon, if you can find one • Subaru WRX • Audi A3
Tuesday, May 20
2008 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part Two
Acceleration:** We can't wait to see the performance numbers for the wagon with the new 2.0-Liter TDI four banger, which looks to put out 235 lb/ft of torque. This is my nice way of saying that while the 170-horsepower 2.5-Liter I5 provides enough power to keep up with your neighbors, you'll n...
Monday, May 19
2008 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part One
Weaving my way past the carefully manicured lawns and opulent homes it struck me that any shortcomings could be easily forgotten if you consider that this is a well-built, well-handling and attractive station wagon with German heritage and a manual transmission that should sell for so...
Tuesday, Jul 24
GayWheels.com Drops A New Top Ten List Of Cars Gays Are Searching For [Everything Is Super When You're Driving A Toyota Yaris!]
While not ourselves gay, we're proud to support our man-loving brothers and women-loving sisters in making whatever choices they feel most comfortable making. That includes cars -- like the latest fabulous list of most-researched vehicles on Gaywheels.com. Apparently the Toyota Yari...
Thursday, May 3
Chinese Focusing in on Jettas
With dismal April sales figures here in the States comes the news that the citizens of China are snapping up cars with sheer abandon. Automobile sales hit 7.2 million vehicles last year and cemented China into the number two consumer of automobiles in the world. With a 544% leap in sales over 2...
Monday, Feb 26
Geneva Pre-Show: Volkswagen Jetta (Golf) Wagon [News]
Say hello to the Jetta wagon it took Volkswagen two years longer than its sedan variant to introduce. But cut V-dub some slack; it just wanted to get everything right so you'll like them again. It's being unveiled as the Golf Estate in the land of Europe next week at the Geneva show. It'll come wi...
Wednesday, Feb 21
Over the Back Fence: Jetta Wagon Coming to Geneva Show
According to Carscoop, Volkswagen will show its long-awaited Jetta (Golf) Wagon at the Geneva show next month. Earlier rumors indicated the blown-deadline wagon would be unveiled at the Frankfurt show in September. But a VW press rep reportedly confirmed the debut would happen on Swiss...
Monday, Dec 18
Need an Entry-Level Model? Try Last Season: VW Offers Last-Gen Golf, Jetta in Canada at a Discount
What's VW doing in the Great White North to stem the tide of new, entry-level cars coming from Nissan, Toyota, and soon Citr en? No, not a new model; they're offering the previous-generation Jetta and Golf, stripped barer than Britney's babymaker, at a major discount over the new models. I...
Wednesday, Jul 12
A Rainbow in the Sky: Saturn Roadster Most Researched on Gaywheels [News]
1. Saturn Sky 2. Toyota Yaris 3. Dodge Caliber 4. Volkswagen Jetta 5. Toyota Camry 6. Audi A3 7. Toyota Prius 8. Saab 9-3 (sedan and convertible) 9. Pontiac G6 (sedan, coupe and convertible) 10. Mazda MX-5
Monday, Feb 20
Clarkson on the Volkswagen Jetta: Bloody Zzzzzzzzzzz
In his latest Sunday Times column Clarkson reveals his impatience with bores, include one unidentified acquaintance, members of the Aston Martin owners club and the Volkswagen Jetta.I came to London yesterday in the Volkswagen Jetta, and tomorrow I must go home in it. Which will be like s...
