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Volkswagon Jetta

Posted By: Dave
Date: Wednesday, October 5 2005, at 11:29 a.m.

In Response To: Volkswagon Jetta (Dave)

> For some reason, the 2005 Jetta is available as a
> diesel. My understanding is that diesels pollute more
> than regular gas. So I don't understand why VW would
> want to create a diesel car (that hasn't been a diesel
> before) at this point in time. Have they come up with
> a new diesel engine that doesn't pollute as much?
As it turns out, the VW diesel engine may actually be less polluting than other non-diesel engines. I don't know how this is, but I guess they've been working on it for a long time now and they must have hit on something.
Still, the Jetta's reliability is in question.

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Dave -- Wednesday, October 5 2005, at 10:22 a.m.

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