Comments on: VW Goes Hybrid with Gas-Electric Jetta in 2012

By: Joseph Basal

Joseph Basal — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:11:33 +0000

Please remove this article

By: Joseph Basal

Joseph Basal — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:07:15 +0000

Please add fuel to the last paragraph

By: Joseph Basal

Joseph Basal — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:40:15 +0000

I presently have a2010 VWTDI and a22005 Jetta2.5 liter Ihave owned a 1967 Beattle, a1995 Audi, a 2000 Audi 90, a2001 VW TDIan Audi a Audi 5000 a VW wagen 2008 and I must say the all have been great in many ways looks, economy, performance.there have beensome repairs but the Audi an VW Maint. plans took care of most repairs. Remember on the TDI you musr religiously make sure you buy it at a Service station that keep gas and diesel tanks separate and use Stanadyne Lubricity and Performance additives on a regular basis!!!

By: Air_Z

Air_Z — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:05:19 +0000

I would be willing to take a chance on W's ability to build the electric part of this hybrid but have very little confidence that it can build a durable long lasting gasoline engine.

Will the gas burner sludge like the 1.8t? Will it have a plastic oil dipstick holder that falls apart with pieces ending up on the oil pump pick-up screen? Will it have a PCV system with various hoses and check valves that need to be maintained/replaced or the engine starts blowing valve cover haskets and leaking oil?

It's easy for them to say this is all in the past, but in the end VW doesn't get stuck with these problems, I do. My Passat is the only gauge that I have to judge how reliable this new car could be. Will have to wait and let others take a chance on this new car before I do.

By: Hal Howell

Hal Howell — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:17:03 +0000

As a former Jetta owner my concern would be for maintenance costs. I drive an ’07 Prius and I love the fact that at 30,000 I DIDN’T have to spend $350 for maintenance costs! We enjoyed driving our Jetta and for the most part they were good cars but as they aged they began to cost more, a lot more to keep running. We have had electrical issues and that always seemed to be a problem with VW. The seats wore out before 80,000 miles! I wish them success as they finally venture into Hybrid territory, but I will stick with my Prius!

By: caffeinekid

caffeinekid — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:57:01 +0000

My Prius does better on the freeway than it does in the city. Why? The battery depletes fairly quickly and causes the engine to activate in order to recharge- all of this at lower speeds that require more initial torque to keep things moving, hence- more reliance on the engine to move and lower MPG. It averages about 46mpg with the AC going in 100 degree weather. When I don't use the AC, it gets closer to 49mpg.

I also have a VW TDI that will get 40mpg on the freeways, but only on relatively long distance trips. Otherwise it averages about 36mpg.

I put next to nothing into maintenance on the Prius, while the Jetta is a different story....and then there is the premium on diesel fuel. I won't use biodiesel in it because I don't trust it with the what is it....18K psi PD fuel injection?

The idea of a VW gas-electric hybrid, even though it would seem less costly considering the lower maintenance involved with electric drive actually scares the hell out of me. Many of the maintenance issues that VW is infamous for stem from electrical component failures, not the engines. Why amplify the negative?

By: usbseawolf2000

usbseawolf2000 — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:04:36 +0000

Hybrid attacks the emission in the engine. Diesel filters the emission in the exhaust.

Diesel exhaust requires maintenance. Hybrid battery is maintenance free with lifetime warranty*.

* - 10 years / 150k miles in CARB states.

By: joe pah

joe pah — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:37:25 +0000

I would never touch a VW again, after my Squareback and Rabbit diesel disasters. VW’s act like a luxury brand when you have to repair them.
Count me interested when VW group starts producing a boxster hybrid.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:18:36 +0000

That was my ’84 GTI comment above. Forgot to log in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:14:52 +0000

I'll never forget my 1984 VW Rabbit GTI. You didn't get into that car, you wore it. It was cheap, light, fun and ok on gas.
So what happened, why didn't I stick with the brand?
Reliability and cost.
Let us remember the late '80s, '90s and early 2000.
Rock solid german engineering no more.
Affordability (The People's Car) no more.

So I went Japanese. Super reliable but not as much fun as the VW (although the '95 Toyota 4Runner V6 5 speed came close in it's own way...but only if I pretended I wasn't really driving a one star crash test death trap).

Let's see if VW can get back to it's roots and stop pretending it's a luxurious brand—leave that to Audi. I like that they're trying to get less expensive, but it would take a solid reliability track record and some pretty high MPGs to get me to plop down my hard earned cash for a VW again.