Friday, February 27, 1998 — North Shore News - 37

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WITH an
improved tur-
bocharged
diesel engine,
the 1998 VW
Jetta TDi offers
excellent fuel
economy and
low cost of
ownership.
Fuel consump-
tion in the city
is a remarkable
5.9LM00km ~~
(48 mpg), high-
wey consump-
tion is 4.4 L/100
km (64 mpg).
Test drive the
new diesel
Jetta in West
Vancouver at
Wetmore
Motors and in
North
Vancouver at
Capilano
Volkswagen.

Phots Greg Witson

SOUMPATIES, pices acliy
companics, and rar flan
COOMIMUTCES,

rould save about S400 to to Hill
$500 per vear compared to 4 , mh ¥ nu yous save it tel goss
standard Jetta owner fassum man how ndidates tor
ing 20,006 Kilometres driven mu din Phe
per vcard. Transport Canada
estimaces that annual tue!
costs Cassuming 35
cents /here) for a Jetta PD:
just S375 compared to
1040 for a standard Jetta

WHEN I first locked
at the Transport
Canada fuel consum
tion figures for the
new VW Jetta TDi
diesel sedan, I found
them difficult to
believe.

See New page 42

( assuming :

Its 1.9-litre four-cylinder
turbocharged diesel engine
now wets 5.9 fires / LOO kilo-

mpg) in the
L/100 ko: (40 mpg? on the

S conts/litre).
htre fuel tank,

a TD: has a highway

metres (48 mpg) in the city, highway. ae range of up to 1250
and 4.4 litres per 100 kilo- Put another way, the
OF mpg) on ihe turbo dicsel Tetta gets better
. To putthatin per- fuel economy in the ezey than
ive, the standard V Ww the y sol ine = model dogs on dics
powe
nice ot trving to fn
diesel pump w hen vou

All this is fine, wou say,
bur i is it worth the clattering
ving, the 25 horse:

‘of fel savings,

roping
a jetta TDi driver

gets 10.1 1.100 km (28

ee ee ey

Technical Data 1998 VW Jeita TDi

Transmission: five-speed manual (lour-speed
auromatic) |
!

ge A998 Passat

p=

Base price: 519.945
Type: four-door,
sedan

Layout: transverse sront engine /tront- wheel-

five-passenger compact
Length: 4404 mim (173.4 in.)
Width: 1695 mm (66.7 ing

Engine: 1.9 lite iour-cylinder diesel, tur (48 mop.g. Hwy — +4 b/1000 km (64
bocharged m.p.g.}
Horsepower: 9) 000 rpan.

Torque: 149 f.tbs. @ 1890 cpm.

| d Fuel consumption: City — 5.9 1/100 km
|
\

Warranty: Basic — two years /40,000 kar
Powertrain -— five vears /80,000 km

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