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- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
- 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn: Review
2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn
The Jetta We've Been Waiting For The motoring press hasn't had the greatest of relationships with the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta. When the sedan debuted, critics slammed the newest generation as a Walmart interpretation of a model many of us had grown up loving. The nicer-than-expected materials, playful handling and quiet cabin had all been scrapped in favor of a bargain basement price tag wrapped in styling as risky as sunblock in summer. The machine simply felt like the latest casualty of the Volkswagen campaign to become the world's largest automaker. To make matters worse, buyers didn't ... Read More
Vital Stats
- Engine:
- Turbo 2.0L I4
- Power:
- 200 HP / 207 LB-FT
- Transmission:
- 6-Speed DSG
- MSRP:
- $26,484 as tested
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0Official: VW 2.0T engine raised to 210 hp, offered in Beetle Turbo and Jetta GLI 1367582400
Volkswagen has pushed up the power for the new half-model year. For 2013.5 (yep, this isn't a 2013 and it's not quite a 2014), the 2.0-liter turbocharged TSI engine offered in the Beetle Turbo, Beetle Turbo Convertible and Jetta GLI now makes 210 horsepower, an increase of 10 ponies over the previous version of the long-running engine. Torque remains ...
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Podcast: Autoblog Podcast #327 1364943300
New York Auto Show, Jim Farley interview, 2014 Chevrolet Silverado fuel economy, Ford fuel economy app challenge Episode #327 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Zach Bowman and Jeff Ross talk about this year's New York Auto Show, Chevrolet's latest assault in the pickup truck fuel economy battle, and Ford's reward for developing a ...
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Report: Volkswagen Golf Wagon leaked ahead of official unveiling 1362273000
Wagons ho! These three images of the upcoming Volkswagen Golf Wagon have leaked online ahead of the car's official debut, which may very well be at the Geneva Motor Show. Looking over the photos doesn't really bring any surprises – after all, this is a VW Golf with a wagon rear end grafted on, or basically what we expect next Jetta SportWagen will ...
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Review: 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid 1360688220
More Fun Than A Prius, Less Sensible Than A TDI Let's have some fun, and do some math. We're talking pretty rudimentary stuff, multiplication and division, to figure out if the upcoming Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid can make a baseline case for itself against two very strong competitors in this segment. The competitors in question, at least for now, are two ...
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Official: Volkswagen breaks 40-year-old sales record in 2012 1358118000
The last time Volkswagen moved this many vehicles in America in one year, Richard Nixon was still a President in good standing, Let It Be was a radio hit and each car wearing the VW badge boasted an air-cooled engine. That's right, with a grand total of 580,286 vehicles sold in the US last year, the VW Group has broken its own four-decades-old sales ...
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Official: IIHS subjects midsizers to tough new impact test, finds fault with Toyota, VW [w/video] 1356028200
Crash tests continue to get ever tougher, and the new "small overlap" test from the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety is giving engineers fits. The new procedure, launched in August, subjects just 25 percent of a vehicle's front end to an impact at 40 miles per hour, and it's proven to be a lot tougher to ace than the institute's old 40-percent ...
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VW Jetta Hybrid driver hits 49.9 mpg in 400-mile California eco-driving rally 1354370820
We all know they really wanted to hit that 50 mile per gallon mark, but 49.9 mpg will have to do. That's what Frank Zauft, the most fuel-efficient driver, achieved in the first-ever "Think Blue. World Championship" competition (yes, the period's supposed to be there) that Volkswagen has conducted in the US with the Jetta Hybrid. The 402-mile rally wound ...
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Spy Shots: Volkswagen caught testing next-gen Golf Variant, aka Jetta SportWagen 1354197660
Volkswagen is currently testing the next-generation Jetta SportWagen in Europe, and our spy photographers managed to grab a few shots of the long-roof in action. From the looks of things, the new model will be considerably larger than the current generation, pushing ever closer to the girth of the European Passat. Technically, the SportWagen will continue ...
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2013 Volkwagen Jetta Hybrid a performer in the mountain air 1352487720
We've already spent time behind the wheel of the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid, but when VW invited us to the high hills of Santa Fe to drive it again, we quickly accepted. After all, this is supposed to be a hybrid without compromise, and that means it should be a car that's fun to drive. On our first drive – in the wintertime, in Germany – ...
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VW admits 2013 Jetta Hybrid gets worse mpg than Prius but claims it's for a reason 1351606500
When the 2013 Jetta Hybrid was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year, Volkswagen suggested the car would get 45 miles per gallon on the combined cycle. Well, we're now 10 months closer to launch – still scheduled for some time in late 2012 at a price that starts at $24,995 plus destination – and that's still the only efficiency ...
