Showing posts with label VW Jetta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VW Jetta. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Scoop: MQB-Based 2013 VW Golf Estate or 2015 Jetta SportWagen


This fresh spy video from Spain shows the station wagon version of the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf that will be named the Golf Variant (Estate in Britain) when it is introduced in Europe in 2013, and Jetta SportWagen when it arrives in North America within the next two years. Read more »

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Volkswagen to Offer New Jetta Hybrid in Germany from Next Year


Only days after Volkswagen premiered the final production version of its new Jetta Hybrid at the LA Auto Show, the Wolfsburg carmaker announced that it will begin to take advance orders for the sedan model in its home market of Germany.

The new Jetta Hybrid will arrive in VW's German showrooms from mid of April 2013 with prices starting at €31,300 (US$40,600), which is significantly more than what VW is asking for the same car in the States at €19,900 (US$25,790) including destination but not tax.

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Saturday, December 1, 2012

Spied: Meet the New VW Golf Variant or Jetta Sportwagen


One of the first derivatives of the seventh generation Volkswagen Golf family after the launch of the three- and five-door hatchbacks will be a more practical and roomier estate body style, a prototype of which was nabbed by our scoop photographers testing on European roads.

Volkswagen will likely release the new station wagon model under different names in various markets, such as Golf Variant in mainland Europe, Golf Estate in the UK and Jetta Sportwagen in North America.

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Thursday, November 29, 2012

VW Launches Final Production Version of Jetta Hybrid in LA, Claims 45 MPG


The hybrid version of VW’s Jetta compact saloon was displayed as a concept in January’s Detroit Auto Show and it has already been announced that it will go on sale in the States before the end of the year as a 2013 model, with prices starting at US$24,995 excluding a destination charge of US$795.

It was about time, then, to introduce the final production version of the Jetta Hybrid to the U.S. market – and VW promptly did that at the LA Auto Show.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Volkswagen Jetta Pickup Truck Builder Looking for Interested Buyers


Massachusetts-based kit car company Smyth Performance is pondering a new project for a pickup truck conversion of the fourth generation Volkswagen Jetta sedan.

The company's founder, Mark Smith, who also happens to be the co-founder of Factory Five Racing, said in a posting earlier this week that he is accepting "orders" from interested clients without a deposit, for one of the 50 kits he plans to manufacture for the Jetta pickup truck.

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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Volkswagen Prices New 45MPG 2013 Jetta Hybrid from $24,995* in the States


While on one side of the Atlantic, Volkswagen's local arm was releasing prices for the UK market 2013 Golf Mk7, on the other side, the German automaker announced U.S. pricing for the 2013 Jetta Hybrid.

The turbocharged gasoline-electric hybrid will go on sale in the States in the last quarter of 2012 with a base MSRP of $24,995 (€19,350 at today's rates), excluding a destination charge of $795 (*).

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Modified 2013 VW Jetta Hybrid Sets New Speed Record for Hybrids at Bonneville Salt Flats at 185mph


With the slightly misleading title "VOLKSWAGEN'S JETTA HYBRID IS THE WORLDS FASTEST HYBRID", the German automaker informed us today about a new speed record achieved by a specially prepped Jetta Hybrid sedan driven by Motor Trend magazine writer Carlos Lago at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

We say 'misleading' because it gives the impression that the hybrid speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats was made by the same 2013 Jetta Hybrid saloon that you will soon be able to park under your garage, which obviously, is not the case as VW itself reveals further down in its press release.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Volkswagen Charts its 2013MY Lineup, Announces New Beetle Convertible and Jetta Hybrid


It's that time of the year again when automakers provide details about their new model year lineups. For Volkswagen, the 2013MY brings new derivatives and changes to all vehicle ranges sold in the States except the Chrysler-based Routan minivan.

The new additions to the range are the next generation of the Beetle Convertible and a hybrid version of the Jetta.

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