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Lovers of both fuel mileage and torque can finally rest easy; Volkswagen of America is now officially selling its 50-State-approved, clean diesel engine in either the Jetta sedan for ,990 or Jetta SportWagen wrappers for ,590. Equipped with the six-speed DSG transmission, both Jetta gets an EPA rating of 29 miles per gallon in the city and 40 on the highway. We expect to see better real-world numbers, though we’re a bit wary of VW’s advertising its alternate rating of 38/44 — a number that is impossible to compare with anything else currently available. In any case, the ,000 premium for the TDI engine will be lessened somewhat by the Fed’s ,300 tax credit which applies to either TDI model. Look for an early test of the oil-burner on these pages shortly.
[Source: Volkswagen]
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