2009 Jetta TDI Clean Diesel awarded green car of the year

November 20, 2008 -- Filed under Technology by Normand Miron

The 2009 Jetta TDI clean diesel has been awarded the 2009 Green Car of the Year by Green Car Journal. The editors at Green Car Journal nominated five vehicles that represented the year’s best-of-the-best 2009 green vehicles, and today announced that they have chosen Volkswagen’s Jetta TDI clean diesel as the best-of-the-best and awarded it their 2009 Green Car of the Year.

“The Volkswagen Jetta TDI rose to the top as Green Car Journal’s 2009 Green Car of the Year® for some very important reasons,” said Ron Cogan, editor and publisher of Green Car Journal and editor of GreenCar.com. “Hybrids have dominated the discussion of environmentally positive vehicles in recent years. The highly fuel efficient, 50 state emissions certified Jetta TDI shows that advanced clean diesel has arrived and is poised to change this dynamic. With its affordable price point, refined ride and handling, and high fuel economy, the Jetta TDI shows that hybrids now have a strong competitor in the marketplace.”

Transport Canada estimates that the 2009 Jetta TDI Clean Diesel mated with a 6-speed
manual transmission registers a highway fuel consumption rating of 4.8 L/100 km, allowing for more than 1,100 km of driving between fill-ups on only 55 litres of fuel.

Earlier this year the Jetta TDI set a new Guinness World Record for Lowest Fuel Consumption as it averaged 58.82 miles per gallon (4.0 L/100km) as it traveled through 48 contiguous US states. Furthermore, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the Volkswagen Jetta with their highest safety rating: a Top Safety Pick.

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