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Tuesday April 14, 2009
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Is it finally time for clean diesel cars in the U.S.? According to recent sales numbers, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, with the company's new--and quite fun, as I found--clean diesel engine now represents 50 percent of all Jetta Sportwagen sales and 30 percent of sedan sales, reports AutoblogGreen.
As a result of the impressive sales data, the automaker is now forecasting that 30 percent of its new 2010 Golf production run will also be for the clean diesel TDI model.
The report pointed out that Mercedes and BMW aren't seeing nearly the same results for their diesel models, although that's probably because of those cars' much higher prices--and the fact that customers spending $50k on a sedan probably aren't as concerned about saving money at the pump.
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April 15, 2009 12:16 PM
Hello, anyone there? When did this website become autobloggreen? If all you're going to add to conversation is more boring pablum on the latest diesels and overhyped electric vehicles, you may as rent out this space to a dry cleaner.
I thought Gearlog was a gadget guide for geeks. There are gadgets in cars and for cars. Why don't you write about them? If you've chosen to kill Technoride, then step up and cover those gadgets that your geeks might actually care about.