Jetta TDI

Jetta TDI has always been the area's top seller of Volkswagen in the U.S. and earlier generations, hardly more than two versions of the Golf hatchback and four-door sedans,. That changed with the Jetta model redesign in 2011 - although the Gulf's sports car heritage with new front sheet metal as the sedan kept the look to imitate. The redesign allowed the Jetta price increased cabin space and led to an increase in sales, he finished fifth in the compact class for the calendar year 2011, ahead of the Ford Focus and Hyundai Elantra behind.
For the year 2012 reflect the Jetta TDI (Turbo Direct Injection) SportWagen TDI sedan and the exterior and interior of the 2011 editions. New is a 400-watt audio system Fender, which is part of the Premium and Premium package with navigation system. The price of the Jetta TDI sedan starts at $ 22,775 with a standard manual transmission, $ 23,975 with an automatic. The TDI sports car has a sticker price of $ 25,540 with a manual gearshift, $ 26,640 with automatic. EPA estimated fuel economy is 30 for both models and 34 city/42 highway combined.The most important change in the Jetta sedan last year, was that it received its own platform - it is no longer a Golf hatchback with a trunk added to the back. The auto-strains the definition of the compact, which is almost the envelope in the middle-class arena. The wheelbase is increased by 2.9 inches, to 104.4, and the same total length, up to 182.2 cm.The addition of nearly three inches of space to be negotiated by the hips, thighs, knees and toes turned VW willing adults in the rear seat area. And the trunk is large enough, more than any other sedan in the compact class to fill in the handling.

This growth was accompanied by a new body style. Was torn down and the characteristic wide mouth grille, with a determined face and out of sync replaced. Weakened after the trunk is to look less Germanic and more generic. While the Jetta does not stir or beat it is to offer clean sharp lines with a total length of understated style sophistication. There is a view that the proposed small car dissociate competition.
The exterior of the contemporary look is carried out in tidy car with a driver-oriented instrument panel and center console. If used, has switching that solid feel expected in a German car. That means the cabin is the first place where the bean counters' influence should be noted - looking for the rich, soft-to-the-touch materials from its predecessor has been replaced by shiny, not-so-soft plastic. But the interior still has the best looking and highest quality in the compact class.The interior is not the only place where the accounting types had their way with the sixth-generation Jetta. The multi-link rear suspension has been replaced by a less expensive torsion beam design. Anyone who regularly the main engine fluids, the gas struts that hold the hood are gone, ditto the liftgate struts, replaced by a gooseneck hinges that kind of intrusion into the trunk.The 2012 Jetta TDI sports car is basically the same car for several years, 2005-2010 with a lower structure of the Jetta. Despite his own style, sports easily recognizable as a Jetta family. The car moves with high quality materials that are significantly better than the sedan.Driving on a three-inch shorter wheelbase, the sports car smaller than the Jetta sedan, which leads to a narrowed rear than the sedan. But if you buy a car for the luggage and the car has 32.8 cubic meters of cargo volume behind the rear seat and 66.9 cubic feet with rear seat folded down. This is comparable with many junctions.

Both the sedan and wagon are equipped with remote control, power windows, locks and mirrors, air conditioning, AM / FM radio with CD player, adjustable front seats and a tilt and telescoping steering wheel. Most of the usual options available including a navigation system that includes the new Fender ® audio system with an SD card slot and an iPod integration.Late last summer that a 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI with a six-speed gearbox for a week-long evaluation. The 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel engine produces 140 horsepower and a very healthy 236 pounds-feet of torque.
We have to get three stops on our Jetta TDI to a lecture about the fuel: We clocked 56 miles on the roads, 241 miles of mostly highway driving and good 137 miles on two lane highways County.
During our in-town traffic, I prefer my "conservative" riding hat and forced me to go after the upshift arrow in the instrument cluster. Turn mph in fourth gear at 30 to 32, if the arrow was difficult. But apparently the people at Volkswagen knows how to ride, to squeeze fuel because I squeezed 33.8 mpg. (So ​​much for the manner in which EPA is in his songs.)The next day, two blocks from the fuel topped Interstate 5 and south of Olympia, Washington to Portland, Oregon. At this time we drove mostly in the right lane and reduced speed between 60 and 65 miles per hour. On the way back, no left lane looked more like the natural place for the Jetta and we crossed most of the road at 75-80 miles per hour. We left where we started and pumped 5.63 liters of diesel. That's 42.8 miles per gallon.
Three days later it was time for the turbo spool-up and stay there, regardless of the fuel. There are some beautiful, rarely used two-lane roads in the area of ​​Washington State's South Sound (Olympia / Tacoma). Blacktop surfaces ranging from gravel to almost silky, flat or hilly, with wide straight-aways and plenty of blind corners and off-camber hairpins. For the majority of the 137 miles of the transmission in 3rd or 4 Course, ensure that 30 to 50 mph posted speeds were not exceeded by much. The £ 236-feet of torque 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine produces at 1,750 revolutions per minute is, which means that you do not need a big gas bottle, proves to have fun. And approved a 140-horsepower diesel that you have a smile on your face, while an average of 32.3 mpg.
The stretched wheelbase improves the handling characteristics of the Jetta, and despite a move to a torsion beam rear suspension, the sedan has not lost the slim German feeling on the street. Control is tight, well weighted and communicative and the brakes are firm under foot and linear in its response. Cabin noise is minimal, even on the highway, hear with less road noise and wind, as expected for the class.In addition, you can super-greenies and energy security hawks to run biodiesel in the Jetta TDI. The Volkswagen warranty is only a 5 percent biodiesel, but some rules are there to be broken - especially when considering the use of the continuation of our national dependence on oil. Biodiesel has a 100 percent petroleum-free alternative today. (We can not tell you what to do, to let your conscience be your guide.)
These capabilities are only possible because Volkswagen overcame the hurdle of California Tier 2 Bin 5 emissions standard. In contrast to the Mercedes Bluetec, the urea injected into the exhaust system for converting NOx to nitrogen and water, used Jetta a NOx catalyst, the emissions in a reservoir, until it can be burned by the engine. In addition, makes the common-rail fuel injection using piezo-injectors, which allow a higher injection pressure than a mechanical system. This clean diesel technology in collaboration with Audi and Mercedes-Benz have been developed are a breakthrough in the field of neutralization, and emissions of diesel particulate filters-related.Exciting stuff, but if we look generally at low emissions, diesel still can not compete with hybrids. There is a big milestone for a diesel to California to Tier 2, Bin 5 standard, but that's still only about average for a new vehicle. Meanwhile, the squeakiest of decent standards, Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV), the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic hybrid, and a handful of other vehicles, including the conventional version of the Volkswagen Jetta reserved.
Diesel maker is quick to point out that the difference between Tier 2 Bin 5 and SULEV is insignificant - given that both standards are much cleaner than earlier generations of cars and trucks. This hypothesis is supported by the Federal Government's decision of the Jetta TDI is an "Advanced Lean Burn Technology vehicle." Is
Once upon a time, we all thought, exceptionally low fuel consumption, to be the most modern hair-shirt - simple, but painful. With the 2012 Jetta TDI, Volkswagen has given the lie worst expectations and delivered a car that not only those who renounced exceptionally low fuel consumption, it is actually very fun to drive.