Hybrid Cars shared a story recently about a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, the results of which were released last week. According to the study, hybrids and diesel-powered vehicles are a better value than their gasoline-powered counterparts. While it’s common to evaluate cars based on their cost, and hybrids and diesels do tend to [...]
Automotive News reported yesterday on an announcement from Jonathan Browning, CEO of Volkswagen Group of America, who said that the Volkswagen Golf R will be returning to the U.S. market as a limited edition model early in 2012. According to Browning, the high-performance Golf will come with a 256 hp, 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The [...]
HybridCars.com is reporting that cars powered by clean diesel, despite holding a market share less than a third the size of the hybrid market saw a sales improvement of 52 percent over last August’s numbers, and 20 percent over last month. The fair-haired child of clean diesel, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, specifically, saw 30 percent [...]
Last month, the folks from Volkswagen took over New York’s Times Square and hosted a huge media event to reveal the new 2011 Volkswagen Jetta. Thanks to the nice folks at YouTube, we’ve got video of the event:
As hybrids become more and more integrated with mainstream vehicle lineups, affordability is becoming a key factor, which is why we’re excited about this news from Volkswagen: the German automaker has demonstrated once more its commitment to going green and is producing a gas-electric hybrid version of the ever-popular Jetta, with a debut scheduled for [...]