Volkswagen Announces Jetta TDI Pricing

Volkswagen Announces Jetta TDI Pricing
Volkswagen of America, Inc. today announced pricing for their eagerly anticipated Jetta TDI sedan and SportWagen starting at $21,990 and $23,590, respectively. Fuel efficiency, performance and convenience all come standard with the 50-state compliant Jetta sedan and SportWagen TDI, which meet the most stringent emissions standards in California and the world. Both models will be available this August.

“Our clean diesel vehicles offer consumers a true value with the fuel efficiency that drivers are looking for while providing power, utility and performance,” said Mark Barnes, COO, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “The Jetta TDI’s offer a no compromise alternative fuel driving experience.”

While the Environmental Protection Agency estimates the Jetta TDI at an economical 29 mpg City and 40 mpg Highway, Volkswagen went a step further to show the true fuel economy of the Jetta TDI. Leading third-party certifier, AMCI, has tested the Jetta TDI and found it performed 24 percent better in real world conditions, achieving 38 mpg in the City and 44 mpg on the Highway.*

The Jetta TDI’s come standard with Volkswagen’s Prevent and Preserve Safety System, consisting of numerous standard safety features. Jetta TDI’s include six airbags, with optional rear side airbags, and like all 2009 model year Volkswagens, Jetta TDI’s also feature standard Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP) for added safety.
Also standard for 2009 is Volkswagen’s carefree maintenance program, with this program there are no charges for the scheduled maintenance described in the vehicle’s maintenance booklet for the length of the New Vehicle Limited Warranty—three years or 36,000 miles, whichever occurs first.

Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. recently announced Electronic Stability Program (ESP) as standard equipment on all its 2009 vehicles. As a result, Volkswagen is one of the only original equipment manufacturers to offer an electronic stability control system on their entire product line – ahead of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) deadline requiring vehicles in the 2012 model year to include stability control systems. Volkswagen’s ESP technology works in conjunction with anti-lock brakes and helps reduce loss of control and rollovers to avoid crashes. NHTSA predicts nearly 10,000 lives could be saved each year if automakers included stability systems as standard equipment.

Founded in 1955, Volkswagen of America, Inc. is headquartered in Herndon, Va. It is a subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is one of the world’s largest producers of passenger cars and Europe’s largest automaker. Volkswagen sells the Rabbit, New Beetle, New Beetle convertible, GTI, Jetta, GLI, Passat, Passat wagon, Eos, Tiguan and Touareg through approximately 600 independent U.S. dealers. Visit Volkswagen of America online at vw.com.

*29 city / 40 highway EPA estimates. 38 city / 44 highway real world fuel economy based on AMCI testing.

Peyton18Peyton18 - 6/19/2008 10:33:28 AM
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Should a picture of an old TDI make us anxious for the new one? I mean...does this help us visualize the new one? don't see the point. Consistent prices.


WhelanWhelan - 6/19/2008 11:31:01 AM
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They could have at least photoshopped a TDI emblem on to a new Jetta.

On top of that. With diesel exceeding $5 a gallon the price advantage for going the same amount of miles on regular gas has become almost nil and therefore not worth the addition expense of owning a diesel or paying the premium for it. Your savings for going the same distant become less than $10 for the distance, and in my state it is less than $5 average for driving the same distance. Equate that to the extra $$$ for buying the diesel to begin with, you are basically not gaining anything special other than leaving the guy behind you with his windows down, a horrible, nauseous smell.


StarStar - 6/19/2008 11:54:26 AM
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Horrible smell??? This ain't your daddy's tractor. Is a clean diesel that is 50 states compliant. Plus, it gets 40 PMG combined and has a huge amount of torque available at low RPM which makes it a really strong, responsive car for every day driving. This car is actually FUN to drive next to being economical. Add the fact that it costs only 2000 dollars more than a comparably equipped gasoline powered Jetta and you have a winner.


budfrogS4budfrogS4 - 6/19/2008 11:43:10 AM
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Anybody else think that the US government is trying to kill the growth of diesels? I feel like this is just another example - making new diesels sound less efficient.


StarStar - 6/19/2008 12:14:15 PM
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I don't think they had a choice. They tried and they are still trying to protect the American car industry that is in trouble more than ever. America never built fuel efficient cars and especially fuel efficient diesel cars so things look really tragic now especially with the increase in gasoline prices.
They always counted on the American Consumer to not be interested in fuel efficient cars. It worked, but only up to know.



monkeyrunmonkeyrun - 6/19/2008 1:59:01 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46nMnCt75qI

There is a similar test with the old Jetta TDI.

Once the Diesel gets the Start/Stop system it will be almost perfect.


dr1v3rdr1v3r - 6/19/2008 1:49:48 PM
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"Where are the hybrids? If you really want to do something for the environment you'd be driving a hybrid."

NOTHING HELPS THE ENVIRNOMENT QUITE LIKE BURYING DEAD HYBRID BATTERIES UNDERGROUND !



steve27tsteve27t - 6/19/2008 5:05:28 PM
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dead hybrid batteries by the 10's maybe 100's of thousands, theres a nice environmental problem. Who pays for it? the Prius owner, Toyota ?


MattBMattB - 6/19/2008 10:09:19 PM
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Two words: Nickel Cadmium. Both of them are bad for the environment, and both are found in your holier-than-thou Prius, which by the way looks, rides, and drives a lot worse than a Jetta.

I've said this before in response to your posts, but you haven't seemed to get the message: THINK FOR YOURSELF. DON'T JUST BLINDLY ASSUME THAT EVERYTHING TOYOTA DOES IS PERFECT.


MattBMattB - 6/19/2008 10:58:02 PM
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Oops. Looks like I was mistaken. The Prius uses a Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) not Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) battery. Either way it's still bad for the environment.

And unlike some members here I can admit that I made a mistake in my previous post and correct it.


atomicbriatomicbri - 6/20/2008 7:18:06 PM
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Yep MattB, you are correct! where are all these poisonous batteries going to go? Also they are now investigating to see if the small magnetic field generated by the electric motor will cause cancer or not. Some fear it will... time will tell.


sectorsector - 6/19/2008 2:15:46 PM
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Diesels are good but the only disadvantage is that when you hold the steering wheel and close your eyes, you could've sworn you were sitting in a tractor getting ready to plow the field :)


StarStar - 6/19/2008 2:37:50 PM
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That's funny considering that the new turbodiesel VW Jetta is quieter than any gasoline powered Corolla or Civic on sale in US.




dr1v3rdr1v3r - 6/19/2008 3:51:11 PM
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Ever was the LeMans race? Diesel myth is ripe here, the modern Diesel do not sound any different to Gas cars, that includes the Diesels that Honda sells!


StarStar - 6/19/2008 3:56:06 PM
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"the modern Diesel do not sound any different to Gas cars, that includes the Diesels that Honda sells"

Agreed...


DieselRulesDieselRules - 6/20/2008 2:23:19 AM
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My '98 Beetle TDI will still smoke any Civic or Corolla model off a light, although it was really tricky to launch without lighting the tires. I solved that by replacing the Michelins that came on it with Yokohamas. Then the massive diesel torque stretched and broke motor-mount bolts!

Tractor? Think more like vintage drag-racer.

The new TDI with DSG will embarrass most winged vehicles of Japanese origin!


atomicbriatomicbri - 6/20/2008 7:24:56 PM
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LOL to all those saying diesels are like a tractor, you have not ventured to Europe and driven some yourself. I have driven a Golf TDI and a BMW Diesel, a 123d that produces roughly 201bhp and 300lb/ft of torque and is faster than most gas powered vehicles. And let me tell you, I never smelled them nor did I really ever hear them. When you lifted the hood, you could hear a bit of the familiar "clack-clack" a diesel makes, but that is its character, much like the old VW Beetle with its air-cooled sound, you don't mistake it. Also folks, you all down diesels, but Toyota has quite a few themselves and even Honda is supposed to bring out a few... so to make it a Japanese/ German thing is idiotic. It's just the Germans have advanced the diesel more than the Japanese and the Japanese have advanced the Hybrid more than the Germans. Personally I think Hydrogen is the way in the future, no poisons, no smells, just clean water vapor....


StarStar - 6/19/2008 4:28:39 PM
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What made you believe I don't like Honda?


StarStar - 6/19/2008 6:52:15 PM
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That's because you are blinded by hate before you even start reading my comments. I like Honda, just not the under-engineered trash they sell in US(Honda S2000 excepted)


StarStar - 6/19/2008 7:29:42 PM
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"They are, with the exception of trim, the same cars."

You obviously never drove a Civic Type-R. It feels like a sports car compared with the Civic SI. FYI Honda imports only the S2000. The rest is the under-engineered trash I talked about earlier that is built here. The real Honda is called Acura in America.
real Honda = Acura
real Honda = Acura
I would draw a picture for you if I could just so you can understand.


StarStar - 6/19/2008 7:33:50 PM
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Anyway, let's not derail this thread about the phenomenal VW Jetta diesel that just hit the market recently. Let's hope Honda will join VW and will bring some diesels here too.


IamEvilHomerIamEvilHomer - 6/20/2008 9:47:49 AM
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the Pius is not a like car to the Jetta
the fox or something smaller would be. My dad averages 48 to low 50s in his Jetta TDI. Here in CA the fuel isgetting closer in cost. At this rate 91 will be more.

Wow Toyotq is trying hard to fix the enviromental issue they created. Look up how bad the production of the batteries are and the lower predicted lifespan of a hybrid are on the enviroment.


atomicbriatomicbri - 6/20/2008 7:29:05 PM
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Hey turbospyder, VW is already on track for the start/stop motors and will be available around 2010. So yeah it is here, just waiting to come to the states.


EvoAudiEvoAudi - 6/20/2008 1:10:04 AM
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I saw a 2009 Jetta TDi at cars 'n' coffee in Irvine, as it pulled away there was a slightly disappointing exhaust note, but that's not what you are worried about when buying a car like this.


EvoAudiEvoAudi - 6/20/2008 1:53:50 AM
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I believe it was an Irvine VW teaser model.


DieselRulesDieselRules - 6/20/2008 2:31:45 AM
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The demo units (1 per dealer) are supposed to arrive in the last week of June.
Then they can start taking orders (VW is not allowing any orders to be taken yet, although most dealers have a long waiting list already).
The cars are being built and stock-piled because they are certified as a 2009 model, and can't be sold yet (would have to be also certified as 2008 or some BS).
But they will be delivered to dealers to arrive on the first date that they can be legally sold.
Custom orders won't be arriving till December time-frame (and unlike most small Japanese cars, VW specializes in custom-built cars ... in fact, in Europe 60% of production is custom-ordered by the customer)


jon1jon1 - 6/22/2008 9:34:08 PM
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Hello Everyone,
For anyone that does not think the VW Diesel is not worth the extra $1000 for the TDI engine, consider that it mentions on the VW website that highway fuel mileage could be in the mid 60s. Imagine traveling 600 miles on 10 gallons of diesel. This still makes sense even if diesel goes up to $10/gallon. Plus people have the option of using bio-diesel and not sending one more dollar to our middle eastern friends. This car is bigger, more powerful, more fun to drive, more efficient, and less expensive than a Prius or Civic Hybrid. -Plus no batteries to replace.

This is awesome news! The VW TDI has the potential to become a big part of the solution. I only hope VW is able to supply enough Jetta TDIs to meet demand. Even if fuel mileage is only 38/44, it is the the best real world economy available. Plus it is big enough for a family of 4, or maybe even a family of 5. Think, better fuel mileage than a Yaris, Smart, Prius, or Mini Cooper, but big enough for a family.

This makes sense!
Jon


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