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By: Will

Will — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:07:00 +0000

The one on sale now isn’t even listed on their web site. You have to search for it, it’s like they’re keeping it a secret. It didn’t matter anyway because the British version of this car’s top speed is 154 mph. On VW USA’s site, they list it at 130, and in fine print it says that U.S. versions are electronically limited to this speed. It really does not make sense for them to sell it in the U.S. market anyway. The U.S. idiots (I am an American living in New Jersey, but here I have to criticize my countrymen) have no clue what the word “handling” is. All they care about, as mentioned in this article, is drag racing which is ridiculous! It takes no skill to drag race. In this article, it mentioned quarter-mile times, but it never mentioned that this car will out-handle any other car. For this reason, it does not even deserve to be sold here. For the same price, most Americans will think “I can get a Mustang with a higher top speed than this!” What most Americans don’t realize is that the Mustang will spin out into a ditch the second you turn the steering wheel.

For this reason, it is obvious why VW is not selling this in the U.S.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:14:40 +0000

Noctambulare,

For a manufacturer that isn’t taking the potential of diesel sales in the American market very seriously, I can’t imagine why VW is putting so much effort into marketing the Jetta TDI in America. I am pleased VW is marketing their TDIs and trying to change the misconceptions surrounding diesel engines.

By: LotusMonkey

LotusMonkey — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:22:40 +0000

Interesting. A lot of my colleagues, pilates teachers, are driving VW’s and not knowing anything well except Japanese cars, I wasn’t sure why. Price is a HUGE factor, though. Better for VW to focus on the EU with car sales down in the US, though.

By: Noctambulare

Noctambulare — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:23:15 +0000

Unfortunately this response from VW is not that much of a surprise. The mfg’s impression of the European market vs the American market, especially in the topic of diesel, is that it will never sell in the good ole USA.

It is interesting that DSG transmissions are becoming more and more “what things are going to be”. Some stat said less than 8% of new cars had manual transmissions last year. What am I going to do with my left foot – it gets all twitchy as soon as I put the key in ignition.

By: Charlie Kawasaki

Charlie Kawasaki — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:17:23 +0000

Looks like it would be fun, but still overpriced relative to what you can get from Japan. And, of course, as a disgruntled driver of a german car that took 12 trips to the shop last year, and is still not sorted, not sure I’d go near this over the alternatives. Maybe VW figured this out and is not bringing it here for that reason?