2011 Jetta Street driving

Rumor: Jetta Sportwagen to loose the ‘Jetta” badge

This rumor has been going around for months now, but now it is semi corfirmed. When looking at the 2011 Model year  line up that goes live tomorrow I noticed that  the Jetta SportWagen shows up only as a “SportWagen”.

This move would make  tons of sence since the Jetta VI that debuts this fall and the Sportwagen wont share as much anymore.  VW did the same to the Jetta GLI in 2007 when it changed the name from Jetta GLI to simply GLI.

P.S. The US is the only country that calls this model a Jetta.

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First look at the 2010 Jetta TDI cup edition

Find out what bluetooth system you have in your Volkswagen

There has been a lot of confusion about the different bluetooth systems Volkswagen uses so here it is the break down for 2010 model year :

9W2 BASIC BLUETOOTH WITH BLUETOOTH STREAMING: Allows for basic bluetooth functions, calls must be initiated from your device. provides wireless music streaming from compatible devices (requires Premium VIII touch screen radio RCD-510 or Navigation system RNS-510).

• JETTA S 2.5
• JETTA SE 2.5
• JETTA 2.0T WOLFSBURG EDITION
• GOLF 2.5
• GOLF TDI
• GTI MKVI 2.0T
• JETTA SPORTWAGEN 2.5 S
• JETTA SPORTWAGEN 2.5 SE
• JETTA SPORTWAGEN TDI

9W3 Advanced bluetooth with voice commands and navigation system integration : provides hands free dialing, voice commands, and in certain vehicles it also adds phonebook display and caller ID. On vehicles equipped navigation the unit will display phone information, dial pad and speed dial soft keys.

• JETTA 2.5 SEL
• JETTA TDI SEDAN
• JETTA TDI STREET CUP EDITION
• PASSAT 2.0T
• CC 2.0T SPORT
• CC 2.0T LUXURY
• CC VR6
• CC VR6 4MOTION
• TIGUAN SE
• TIGUAN WOLFSBURG EDITION
• TIGUAN SEL
• TOUAREG VR6
• TOUAREG  V6 TDI
• PASSAT WAGON 2.0T
• EOS 2.0T KOMFORT
• EOS 2.0T LUXURY

HOW TO USE 9W2

HOW TO USE 9W3

Racing under green documentary now airing on Discovery channel

Volkswagens races a Jetta TDi cup race car VS a Jetta TDi cup street edition

I got a chance to drive that race car last week, but only in the parking lot

Volkswagen introduces new radio for the MKIV

Volkswagen accessories just introduced this bad boy, it is meant to bring the 99-05  Generation Jetta, GTI, Golf and Passat up to modern times with features such as:

MP3/WMA playback

USB connection

AUX imput

Volk-L hands free bluetooth

and A2DP bluetooth streaming

all of these are built in into a single unit that looks like  the radio fitted to the 2006 and newer models. It is on sale now for an MSRP of $441 sounds like a bargain to us.

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