http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:21:48 -0500 Tips and Advice -- find out how to maintain, service, insure, wash and wax, and change the oil in your car with tips from TheCarConnection.com. Lifestyle/Fashion http://static.thecarconnection.com/website/tcc-feed.jpg http://www.thecarconnection.com/tips http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022341_2011-volkswagen-jetta-more-american-more-affordable http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022341_2011-volkswagen-jetta-more-american-more-affordable Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:21:00 -0400 TheCarConnection.com has already previewed a Euro-spec Golf VI and gushed over its features and interior details. But don't get your hopes too high expecting that the decidedly upscale feel or top-tech powertrains will arrive to the U.S. in the most affordable version of the next-generation, 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. Volkswagen has missed out on ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022233_vw-mercedes-honda-modelsand-porschetop-apeal-study http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022233_vw-mercedes-honda-modelsand-porschetop-apeal-study Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:55:00 -0400 Porsche ranks as most appealing nameplate for the fifth consecutive year. That's according to J.D. Power and Associates' 2009 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, which was just released. Yet Porsche only had one top-placing model in Power's study, the Cayenne. Across all models, the 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class receives ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022203_volkswagen-invests-south-of-the-border http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1022203_volkswagen-invests-south-of-the-border Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:36:00 -0400 Volkswagen has set a lofty goal of tripling VW and Audi sales in the U.S. by calendar year 2018. To help meet that objective, the company began construction of a new factory facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee in May. Now comes word that the company is also investing a whopping $1 billion to expand and improve its only existing North American ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020309_vws-magical-mystery-sedan http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1020309_vws-magical-mystery-sedan Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:04:00 -0400 The Germans are coming! And they're bringing a sedan! Journo Diana T. Kurylko recently interviewed the CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, Stefan Jacoby, who had a few details to share about the company's plans for a new four-door model. Here are a few of the highlights, which we've put in bullet format, for easy digestion: The car will be ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019278_driven-volkswagen-jetta-tdi-sportwagen-achieved-52-4-mpg http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1019278_driven-volkswagen-jetta-tdi-sportwagen-achieved-52-4-mpg Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:50:43 -0500 Volkswagen has pumped huge time, effort, and money into its latest diesel offering, a 2.0-liter common rail, piezo-electric-direct-injected four. They call it good, clean diesel fun, but anyone with a memory that stretches back to the early 80s will immediately laugh hysterically at such a claim. I took a whif near the tailpipe of the Candy ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016485_vw-races-jetta-tdi-diesels-to-prove-efficiency-cleanliness http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016485_vw-races-jetta-tdi-diesels-to-prove-efficiency-cleanliness Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:22:57 -0500 So bent on proving the efficiency and cleanliness of their new 2.0-liter TDI turbodiesel four-cylinder making its appearance in the 2009 Jetta TDI clean diesel, Volkswagen has employed them in race duty. In fact, they set up the Volkswagen Jetta Diesel TDI Cup, a multirace series wherein basically stock Jetta TDIs race on circuits from Lime ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016478_vw-jetta-tdi-clean-diesel-tech-brought-to-you-by-robert-bosch-llc http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016478_vw-jetta-tdi-clean-diesel-tech-brought-to-you-by-robert-bosch-llc Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:19:19 -0500 Launched in 1886 as a "Workshop for Precision Mechanics and Electrical Engineering," Bosch has been in on diesel technology since fellow German Rudolf Diesel introduced his revolutionary heat engine at the Paris World's Fair in 1900. Bosch continues their leadership in compression ignition technology with the advent of Volkswagen's 2.0-liter ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016476_vw-jetta-tdi-is-first-diesel-to-be-named-green-car-of-the-year http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016476_vw-jetta-tdi-is-first-diesel-to-be-named-green-car-of-the-year Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:02:34 -0500 The first diesel ever to take the title "Green Car Of the Year," Volkswagen's '09 Jetta TDI clean diesel was awarded the title at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The VW beat out a pair of hybrids, a clean diesel sport sedan, and a trendy microcar. Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com, claimed that the ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016336_2009-vw-jetta-tdi-makes-epas-top-ten-fuel-efficient-vehicle-list http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016336_2009-vw-jetta-tdi-makes-epas-top-ten-fuel-efficient-vehicle-list Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:10:40 -0400 Last week, the EPA released its list of the 2009 most fuel-efficient vehicles. Both the 2009 Volksagen Jetta TDI sedan and the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen TDI made the top 10, a realm in which they were the only diesel vehicles present. The Jetta diesels were surrounded mainly by gasoline/electric hybrids in the top 10 grouping. Mark ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016178_vw-vindication-jetta-tdi-averages-588-mpg http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016178_vw-vindication-jetta-tdi-averages-588-mpg Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:43:02 -0400 Record-breaking couple John and Helen Taylor just added a new Guinness world fuel economy record to their impressive list of 36. Their new record is for average fuel economy while driving across the 48 contiguous United States, which they achieved by averaging 58.8 mpg in an '09 Volkswagen Jetta TDI. This is huge news for Volkswagen, who were ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016081_benz-debuts-c250-cdi-blueefficiency http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016081_benz-debuts-c250-cdi-blueefficiency Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:59:32 -0400 Making even its recent V-6, aluminum block diesel (E320 BlueTEC, ML 320 BlueTEC, GL320 BlueTEC, and R320 BlueTEC) a thing of the past, Mercedes-Benz is set to rattle the diesel world with its new generation of oil burners this fall. The first engine in the family to be released is a four-cylinder displacing 2.2 liters, using not ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016057_vw-golf-bluemotion-concept-gets-62-mpg http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016057_vw-golf-bluemotion-concept-gets-62-mpg Tue, 09 Sep 2008 11:11:15 -0400 Piggybacking the announcement of its Gen VI Golf (Rabbit here in the states), VW installed its 1.6-liter common-rail diesel into a version of that vehicle to achieve 74.3 mpg on the European cycle (that equates to roughly 62 mpg in U.S. terms). A bit smaller than the 2.0 TDI in its newest U.S. offering, the Jetta TDI Clean Diesel, the 1.6-liter ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016034_world-record-attempt-in-vw-tdi-cleandiesel http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1016034_world-record-attempt-in-vw-tdi-cleandiesel Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:33:01 -0400 Australians John and Helen Taylor are one frugal couple. In 2006, they set a Guinness World Record by driving around the world using 24 tanks of fuel in a Volkswagen Golf. They hope to best the current U.S. cross-country miles-per-gallon record on a drive across America with one of VW's newly released 50-state-compliant clean diesel Volkswagen ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015920_benz-diesels-make-tax-cut-cut-too http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015920_benz-diesels-make-tax-cut-cut-too Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:11:57 -0400 Last week we told you the Volkswagen Jetta diesels were eligible for a federal tax credit because they get such good fuel-economy ratings. This morning it's Mercedes-Benz that has good green news to share, as its diesel lineup is also eligible for similar credits. The VW and Benz vehicles, Automotive News reports, both fall under the new ..]]> http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015874_that-2009-vw-jetta-tdi-its-1300-off-sort-of http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/marty-blog/1015874_that-2009-vw-jetta-tdi-its-1300-off-sort-of Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:14:50 -0400 The 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI comes standard with a lot of things--among them, a $1,300 tax credit that pays financial homage to its high fuel economy. Volkswagen says the new TDI models, Jetta and SportWagen, are both eligible for the IRS' Advanced Lean Burn Technology Motor Vehicle income tax credit, which in this case provides a $1,300 ..]]>