Jetta TDI Up for Urban Car of the Year
The Volkswagen Jetta TDI has already taken home the Green Car Journal’s 2009 Green Car of the Year Award. Now the vehicle is one of three finalists for the 2009 Urban Wheel Awards Urban Car of the Year. The other two finalists are the Dodge Challenger and the Hyundai Genesis. There is really nothing exciting and green to say about the Challenger but Hyundai has created a carbon-offset program for its Genesis called the Genesis Forest Project.
A panel of 23 journalists chose the vehicles; each panel member nominated three vehicles and the Challenger, Genesis and Jetta came out with the most votes.
“The Volkswagen Jetta TDI ushers in a new age of affordable diesel automobiles. At once more fuel-efficient and less polluting than comparable gasoline powered cars; VW’s Jetta is an answer to the questions everyone is asking these days,” says juror Camilo Alfaro of AutoProyecto. (Source: PR Newswire)
The Urban Wheel Awards honor multicultural diversity in the auto industry. The award ceremony will take place on January 13, 2009 at The Detroit opera House.
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The Dodge Challenger? Ok…
The Jetta is a good car, although personally I’m a little mystified at the press it’s been getting — it’s not the best diesel out there. I mean, just to compare: MINI-cooper makes a diesel (not available in the US, unfortunately) that gets better mileage than the Jetta, and has fewer emissions. Granted, it’s not a 2009 car, but it seems like we should be applauding models that are truly the most environmental in their class…is the Jetta really the best that’s out there?
Anyway, thanks for the note about Hyundai, was not aware of that…
Check this out - go compare the GTI vs. the Jetta vs. the MIN at carfunfootprint.com. Pretty amuzing to see the range of fun scores vs. green scores.
Guess which rated best?
Thanks Marti - that is a pretty cool little application there. I checked out the methodology used and the site does take into account the EPA’s official data on the vehicles.