Officially Official: VW unveils Jetta TDI in D.C. and hopes to find oldest-running VW diesel in U.S.
Jan-24-2007
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Today Volkswagen officially introduced the next generation Jetta TDI. The new diesel Jetta features the 2.0-liter BLUETEC diesel four-cylinder we earlier this month, which manages to meet emissions standards in all 50 states without the use of urea injection. Instead it uses a nitrogen oxide storage catalyst controlled by the engine management system, which periodically changes the vehicle's operating mode to treat the nitrogen oxide it's stored up. VW says it reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 percent. Unfortunately, VW didn't realease any power figures for the Jetta TDI or a price or fuel economy numbers for that matter, though the vehicle's not going to be available all the way until the spring of 2008.
As we've made known, we're excited about diesels making a comeback, and the Jetta TDI is a coup for diesel proponents in the U.S. since it's much less expensive than some of the other early diesel offerings like the .
In related news, VW also announced that it's begun a search for the oldest-running and highest-mileage VW diesel in the U.S. As AutoblogGreen points out, it will likely be a diesel Rabbit, as VW has sold the most of those in the U.S. over time, 12,393 in 1977 alone. The engine has to be original and the search will officially begin in March and run through at least August. The owner of the winning vehicle will get to drive a 2007 Touareg TDI for six months, which will no doubt be quite an upgrade.
Check out VW's official press releases for both announcements after the jump.
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Officially Official: VW unveils Jetta TDI in D.C. and hopes to find oldest-running VW diesel in U.S.
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[quote comment="38072"]I contacted VW Customer Service to complain about the iPod Adapter.
VWs response was basically "to bad so sad" - they said they are sorry I am not happy, but there is nothing they can do - I purchased it so I am stuck with it.
This will be my last VW car that I purchase!!!!![/quote]
I agree that this adapter isn't an ideal solution for playing audio from an iPod through your car stereo but the shortcomings with this product are not hidden. I'm in the process of purchasing a VW Rabbit and before handing over the down payment I did a bit of reasearch on the options I was interested in and easily found that for me this iPod adapter is not worth the cost. This research took me all of 10 minutes.
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