2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Full Test
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CHECK OUT THE NEW DIESEL JETTA: www.edmunds.com For those alternative-fuel-conscious, carbon-conscientious driving enthusiasts among us, the big news from Volkswagen is electric, mainly because it has introduced a car that isn’t. The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI Clean Diesel (yep, that’s its official name) is the first diesel-powered new car to be certified for sale across the entire US — including California and the four states that piggyback their emissions regulations on the Golden State since they all turned up their tailpipe-sniffing noses at everyone else in 2006. So it was probably no mere coincidence that Volkswagen chose Santa Monica, California, as the site for the introduction of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. And as we later tested the Jetta TDI near our Santa Monica office by driving the Pacific Coast Highway and the canyon roads of Malibu, we were happy to flaunt this turbodiesel’s new clean-and-green status in the backyard of so many Prius-driving members of the celebrity set.
thunderstruck665 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
I’ll take this over a crappy hybrid any day of the week. I would go the manual transmission route though. More speed and better fuel economy!
iAmTechGeek | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@TCB1468 It’s actually not leather but V-tex leatherette. It’s basically vinyl that looks like leather and it feels like leather too.
guruhhhh1 | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Driven only by old people? Hast du dich schonmal umgeschaut? Der Jetta ist vorallem bei jungen Leuten beliebt, den kann man viel besser tunen als den Golf,… und besser sieht er auch aus.
CubeLuda | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
@Triomfator
Yeah… If only Golf didin’t fuck up the looks. The last true golf was the MK4. (I own one TDI-110.
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Triomfator | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
I cannot understand, what the Americans at Hatchbacks to find so great!? Here in Germany the Jetta is driven only by old people. Young people drive GOLF. Volkswagen Processing Quality, the Material aso is great – the Best, like Mercedes, Audi, BMW….or Skoda, Seat aso
TheRJAH | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Not to mention that the Prius is boring as bat crap whereas the TDI Jetta is fun to drive and handles well
DeBalaguer | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
I am talking about you, SkoGoMoney, In case you did not understand. You are the adressed “brand-believer”.
DeBalaguer | Apr 25, 2010 | Reply
Never believe in a brand. And don´t try to produce lyric. Just make a test and then come back with your experience.
TsunamiDream92 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
yess in deed…
crazygreekniko | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
exactly plus german cars are just plains sexier
TsunamiDream92 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
“crazygreekniko”Yap..most of vw are diesel..i dont say that TOYOTAS arenT GOOD..but i love german PERFECTION more..
crazygreekniko | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
@TsunamiDream92 exactly in greece i always see polos jettas etc. and theyre all diesl, especially in chios i have only seen toyota pickups and like 2 or 3 camreys
DeBalaguer | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
SkoGoMoney, Toyota is a good company. Despite the current press. I had some Toyotas. Now I´ve got a Merc C . I´am a fan of cars from japan… but now I admit even the small Merc is much better than anything I experienced . So many details are better. Less noise, no cheap plastics, less chemical smells, better useability of the computer, the doors shut like a tresor. Just test the cars you like. The best should win the race. I´am dreaming of Phaethon and E-Class
ripper3200 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
Or should I say you you could do?
ripper3200 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
That’s the best you could do?
SKoGoMoney | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
It’s called a typo, get over it. Did i hurt the wittle fanboys feelings
ohhh 
LMAO Yes, you you have nothing to say about the shitty toyAtas, so you make it personal. I drive one of the safest cars in the world, I *must* hate people! Next time I’ll get a Prius so I can kill myself as well as whoever I hit thanks to that sticky gas-pedal… That will show how much love I have for everyone! LOL
You think sooo logically.
TsunamiDream92 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
hey im from EUROPE…maby in america TOYOTAS are less expencive as VW…but in europe vw is most sling cars..coz they give u everything for not so HIGH price….preformances,compfort,look everything…..BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO TALK ABOUT PEPLE TASTES FOR CARs..everyones like smt ELSE
ripper3200 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
So stop trying to act like you care about people, because all you care about is yourself.
ripper3200 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
It’s spelled Toyota, not Toyata, as you tried to spell it. As for Toyota, I have said it before many times “I could careless about Toyota or VW, it’s just fun to throw a fact out there? and watch people like you get mad over a fact”
You also prove another point I made “I mean look at (You) them… it’s funny as hell! They act like it’s no big deal but if it were the other way around they would be all over it!
I don’t know if you noticed this but the Prius is the one Toyota not recalled.
SKoGoMoney | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
How many Toyata’s were recalled after all the fatal accidents they caused again?
TCB1468 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
Can you get this car with every option and leave out leather or do u have to get leather
ripper3200 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
LMAO
You got to be kidding me…
You form a sentence about as well as VW fans form an opinion.
Oct
Prius – 15,000 sold
Jetta – 1,800 sold
Oh by the way, no one is telling you to buy anything. No one except VW fans.
I could careless about Toyota or VW, it’s just fun to throw a fact out there and watch people like you get mad over a fact.
I mean look at them… it’s funny as hell! They act like it’s no big deal but if it were the other way around they would be all over it!
virus058910 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
@ripper3200 yea because that what i base what car i am going to buy. what everyone else is buying.
apl175 | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
The only major thing the Prius has that is not available on the Jetta is full automatic climate control as STANDARD. The Jetta TDI? Oh, VW decided not to offer Climatronic on the TDI (for the North American market) , so you get the same 3 knob semi-automatic Climatic system that’s on the old Golf.
PolishNyorker | Apr 26, 2010 | Reply
Ripper must be a Toyota lover! Good luck pickn up a date in a Prius. He must not take into account the sales for the TDI Jetta in Europe to so then we will see who takes the lead.