So it turns out that we may have forgotten a few of the many benefits of our Clean Diesel technology. You can’t blame us: between lower emissions and the torquey festival o’ fun experience you get behind the wheel, who cares about saving money?

Duh. Thanks to Intellichoice.com, we remembered that saving money is a good thing, and wouldn’t you know it, the VW Jetta TDI Clean Diesel saves a bucket full of Benjamins. According to their recent survey, in fact, people who buy the Jetta TDI Clean Diesel can save more than $6,200 in the first five years of ownership.

That’s amazing, but here’s an even better news flash: the U.S. government’s C.A.R.S. program. From now until November 1, 2009, if you’ve got a beater and you trade it in on a Jetta TDI Clean Diesel sedan, you also might get yourself a $3,500 or $4,500 voucher, depending on the trade-in vehicle. Your incentive, if you purchase and if you qualify for the tax credit*, may be up to $5,800.

Source: http://images.intellichoice.com/intellichoice_2009_hybrid_clean_diesel_survey.pdf
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/study-shows-significant-savings-in-alt-fuel-cars

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*Tax credit submitted under Notice 2006-9 and Internal Revenue Code, Section 30B relative to the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta 2.0L TDI Sedan and SportWagen and Touareg 2 TDI. Available to taxpayers who purchased a qualified vehicle on or before December 31, 2010. Leased vehicles are not eligible for the tax credit. Only a limited number of full tax credits are available. Please consult a tax professional for more information or go to http://www.irs.gov.