The Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition racing car will finally be made available come January, a concept race car that was initially shown at the SEMA 2008 in Las Vegas. It comes equipped with the TDI Cup Edition Kit which includes a front bumper, side skirts and rear valance. The Jetta TDI Cup Street Edition will also feature a 2.0-liter clean diesel engine loaded with 140HP paired with a 6-speed manual transmission. Other notable enhancements include an 18” Charleston wheels with performance all-season tires, sports seats and a multi-function steering wheel that features paddle shifters when equipped with the DSG transmission.

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Tags: clean diesel, diesel engine, dsg transmission, enhancements, front bumper, Jetta, jetta tdi, manual transmission, paddle shifters, race car, racing car, rear valance, season tires, SEMA, side skirts, sports seats, steering wheel, wheels

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Volkswagen of America has issued a voluntary recall for about 13,500 vehicles equipped with DSG transmissions. Apparently a faulty temperature sensor in the said DSG transmission is reportedly the problem. Failure of the temperature sensor could result in illuminated warning lamps in the dashboard, and in rare instances the transmission may shift into neutral.

The recall affects models like the Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, GTI, and Eos built between September 2008 and August 2009. Affected owners are encouraged to call local Volkswagen retailers to schedule an appointment to have their vehicle inspected and repaired.

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Tags: Dashboard, Eos, failure, GTi, Jetta, lamps, models, rare instances, temperature sensor, transmissions, volkswagen, volkswagen of america

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A VWVortex member by the name of iPinch has recently been kind enough to give us a look at Volkswagen’s updated 2010 MK6 Jetta’s interior.

As you can see, there are some very comfortable looking plush seats, an updated seering wheel and a multifunction display. On the driver’s dashboard you can also notice an updated look with seemingly more functionality.

Whatever the case, the updated interior looks very roomy and comfortable effectively working towards making the 2010 Jetta a sure win.

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It seems that there VW is about to shine a ray of hope for unemployed Mexican citizens — The automaker has recently announced that they manufacture their newest compact sedan at a plant in Puebla, Mexico sometime early next year. This will be the same plant that produces the latest Jetta and Beetle models.

VW hopes to invest close to $1 billion into the project which about half of that going towards producing a new assembly line at the plant.

For those anxiously awaiting more details, check back soon as we’ll keep you posted.

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Tags: Beetle, Jetta, Mexico, new concept sedan, puebla, VW

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Transformers has been a hit ever since the first movie hit the bigscreen. Recently, Transformers 2 made its way to the market to what has been generally well reception.

This reception has led a mall in Beijing to promote the movie in a somewhat peculiar way. What you see above it said mall’s creation; a Transformer made completely from a Volkswagen Jetta.

To my knowledge, there are no Jetta based Transformers in the movie, but at least they tried, right?

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Tags: beijing, Jetta, movie, promotion, transformers, Transformers 2, volkswagen

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Controversial or not, Volkswagen of America has vowed its support for the “Cash for Clunkers” program of the government where each of their vehicles for their 2009 lineup qualifies for the said program. Under the “Cash for Clunkers” programs, potential new car buyers can get up to $4,500 off from the purchase price of new vehicles who trade-in their old cars.

In order to qualify, eligible new vehicles must achieve at least 22 miles-per-gallon for automobiles, and at least 18 mpg for small light-duty trucks and SUV’s, and trade-in vehicles must achieve 18 mpg or less.

“Volkswagen of America supports this historic decision of the United States Government to enact the Cash for Clunkers program.” said Stefan Jacoby, President/CEO, Volkswagen of America. “The fact that Volkswagen has long been known for producing fun-to-drive, fuel efficient vehicles, combined with our eight Top Safety Pick rated vehicles by the IIHS, should put Volkswagen on any new car buyers shopping list.” added Jacoby.

Among the new cars that Volkswagen has lined up include:

• 2009 Rabbit
• GTI
• Jetta
• Jetta SportWagen
• New Beetle
• New Beetle convertible
• Passat
• Passat Wagon
• Eos
• CC

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It seems VW has an addition to their current Jetta wagon lineup — Recently confirmed by VW of America is just that, essentially an update to the Jetta wagon with a North American title of Jetta Sportwagen.

VW’s Steve Keyes was quoted to say the following:

In order to simplify production, we’ll make the change to our Jetta and as an added benefit, we believe the customers will appreciate the differentiation from the current sedan.

So there you have it the Jetta Sportwagen will in fact be hitting North American shores which Autoblog predicts as early as 2010 or 2011.

Tags: Jetta, sportwagen, Wagon

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Volkswagen has recently stated that they are hoping to achieve a threshold of 30% of all 2010 Golf’s sold to be of the TDI models.

The 2010 2.0L turbocharged diesel Golfs have yet to go on sale but VW seems confident in their success as the world shifts towards green motoring.

I guess we’ll have to see how accurate Volkswagen’s prediction is when these Golfs go on sale later this year. If it follows in the footsteps of its Jetta counterpart, which apparently just won Motor Week’s “Best of Year” award, it is sure to make a killing on the sales charts. 

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Tags: 2.0, Golf, Jetta, TDI, turbo diesel, turbocharged

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Volkswagen has long been an endorser of clean fuel, dating back to 2008 when they used clean diesel technology on the race track. Today, Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced it will use B5 biodiesel to power its race cars, transport vehicles and generators during the 2009 Jetta TDI Cup season.

Houston-based HYPERFUELS will supply B5 biodiesel for the series, which is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Pro Racing.

“We are extremely pleased to have HYPERFUELS as a partner for the 2009 Jetta TDI Cup series. SynDiesel(R) B5 biodiesel has been fully approved for use in all Volkswagen TDI powered vehicles that are available at local Volkswagen dealerships today,” said Clark Campbell, Motorsport Manager, Volkswagen of America, Inc. “The addition of SynDiesel B5 biodiesel in the Jetta TDI Cup race cars further demonstrates the feasibility of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source for American consumers and supports the clean and green racing of the Jetta TDI Cup series,” added Campbell.

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Tags: alternative fuel, biodiesel, diesel technology, Jetta, jetta tdi, motorsport manager, sports car club, volkswagen dealerships, volkswagen of america, volkswagen of america inc, volkswagen tdi

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The 2009 Jetta TDI Cup season is set to get underway. After initially announcing 9 of the 10 venues of the said meet, the 10th and last venue was finally revealed. The last one is the Miller Motorsports Park to the list of venues that will host its SCCA Pro Racing-sanctioned events.

The Jetta TDI Cup’s second season will begin on April 24 at VIRginia International Raceway. During the season, 30 young, undiscovered drivers (between ages 16-26) will compete in ten events on eight road courses around North America in identical factory-prepared Jetta TDI’s powered by clean diesel. The series champion will win $100,000. In addition, each driver competing in the series will earn a Pro Racing license from SCCA at the conclusion of the season.

Last season’s Jetta TDI Cup Champion, Josh Hurley used his opportunity to propel his racing career into a full-time position. Hurley was signed by APR Motorsport to compete in the 2009 Koni Sports Car Challenge Championship, a division of the Grand-Am Series. In addition, last year’s runner-up, Liam Kenney also secured a full-time professional ride in the 2009 ADAC Formula Masters Championship in Europe driving for Ma-Con Motorsport.

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Tags: car challenge, clean diesel, Jetta, jetta tdi, motorsport, scca pro racing, Sports Car

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The VW Jetta TDI is quite the car you might need for the current gas prices. And we have a story to prove exactly that. It looks like a Jetta managed to enter the Guinness World Record for traversing the lower 48 U.S. states while returning 58.82 mpg. That great wouldn’t you say?

John and Helen Taylor traveled 9,419 miles in 20 days. They were driving within 5 mph of the speed limit. The Jetta consumed just 11 tanks of ultra low sulfur diesel gas and averaged 853 miles per tank. Can anyone beat that? Congratulations to the Taylors for the unprecedented performance anyway.

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