Filed under: Budget, Sedan, Volkswagen, Diesel, Long-Term Garage
She Ain’t What She Used To Be
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Truth be told, we never had any intention of spending a full year with Volkswagen’s sixth-generation Jetta. We were enjoying many a happy trail with our 2010 TDI Cup Street Edition - a car that won us over with its excellent mix of sport and efficiency. It was, perhaps, the best model to come out of the Jetta’s fifth generation, and we were glad to have it, especially after we first met the controversially redesigned 2011 model that wasn’t exactly garnering rave reviews.
But then the TDI Cup Street met a very tragic and mysterious demise. (We still miss you, Heidi.)
To ease our pain, Volkswagen offered up the chance to spend one year with the 2011 Jetta TDI you see here. Sure, it uses the same torquey 2.0-liter turbo-diesel inline-four as the old Jetta, but nearly everything else had been changed… and not necessarily for the better.
So how would a full year with the new Jetta TDI stack up after we had eight lovely months of diesel motoring with Frou Cup Street? Would we still love it like the old model, or would we simply end the year with a resounding… "Meh?"Continue reading 2011 Volkswagen Jetta TDI: Wrap-Up [w/video]
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