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Good news for Jetta TDI

Source: Volkswagen Gets Diesel Fix Approval in US | TheDetroitBureau.com

“Volkswagen is pleased that it has received regulatory approval to offer affected customers in the United States an approved emissions modification (AEM) for approximately 326,000 Generation One 2.0-liter TDI vehicles with automatic and manual transmissions,” the company announced today.
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With the approval, the automaker can offer owners an option: fix the car or sell it back to VW. According to VW, it submitted test data and technical information showing the modification works without negatively affecting vehicle reliability or durability.

As part of the deal, Volkswagen is required to explain how and why the modification works and what difference owners may experience in their car’s performance, reliability and durability as a result so they can decide to fix or sell.

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These Hybrid Cars Get Double The US Average MPG

Source: These Hybrid Cars Get Double The US Average MPG

Did you know you can spend the average low-30s price for a new car with average 26 mpg, or – if you care to save where it counts – you can buy a hybrid for less than the U.S. average price with double the U.S. average fuel economy?

Hybrid cars are meant to be thought of in that way, and with around 40 models now available, they are seen as a lower barrier to entry for those just wanting to save at the pump.

True, conventional cars’ mpg is inching upwards, and plenty get in the high 20s, into the 30s, but hybrids tend to blow these numbers away.

Numerous hybrids get upwards of 40 mpg, and as of this year, there will be three that get over 52 mpg.
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Now if we can just get new car buyers to 'get a clue.'

Bob Wilson

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