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    2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Der Film

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    2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Part Three

    Why you should buy the 2009 Jetta SportWagen: You want a Euro wagon and don't have the stash for an Audi S4 Avant or the desire to stuff your friends in an A3. The question of how you're going to get all of this stuff back to your loft from Trader Joe's is a common one. Subaru? Nothanku. You are a keeper of the greatest of automotive secrets: wagons make the best cars.

    Why you shouldn't buy this car: They're going to soon be selling this exact same car in a torquey turbodiesel and a zippy turbocharged gas version. You think of wagons as something your grandma drives. You do have a stash big enough for an Audi S4 Avant. You have no friends, you rent and everything you own could fit in a Del Sol.

    2009 Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen, Exterior Details


    SportWagening

    2009 Jetta SportWagen Interior Details



    Suitability Parameters:
    Speed Merchants: No
    Fashion Victims: Yes
    Treehuggers: No
    Mack Daddies: No
    Tuner Crowd: No
    Hairdressers: Yes
    Penny Pinchers: No
    Euro Snobs: Yes
    Working Stiffs: Yes
    Technogeeks: No
    Poseurs: No
    Soccer Moms: Yes
    Nascar Dads: No
    Golfing Grandparents: Yes

    Also Consider:
    • VW Jetta SportWagen TDI
    • VW Jetta SportWagen 2.0T
    • Mazda6 Wagon, if you can find one
    • Subaru WRX
    • Audi A3

    Vitals:
    • Manufacturer: Volkswagen
    • Model year: 2009
    • Base Price: Good Question
    • Price as Tested: Better Question
    • Engine type: 2.5L DOHC I5
    • Horsepower: 170 @ 5,700 RPM
    • Torque: 177 @ 4,250 RPM
    • Transmission: 5-Speed Manual
    • LxWxH: 179.3" x 70.1" 57.4"
    • Wheelbase: 101.5"
    • EPA Fuel economy city/highway: 21/29
    • NHTSA crash test rating: ****/**** (Driver/Passenger)

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