Daily Drive: 2013 VW Jetta GLI Autobahn reviewed

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Thursday, September 19, 2013                  The 2013 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn is a great overall package.... 2013 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn review notes ASSOCIATE EDITOR GRAHAM KOZAK: The Jetta starts at around $17,000. Our tester GLI costs $10,000 more. What's the difference? Well, just under 100 hp, for starters. The GLI's turbo I4 is good for 200 hp and 207 lb-ft torque, a significant step up over the base Jetta and one that elevates the car from “practical if soul-deadening” to “downright fun to flog.”...   Saab 9-3 restarts production in Trollhättan ... sort of Would you look at that? They started building Saabs again. A bright future, perhaps, for the Sick Carmaker Of Europe, who after its excision from General Motors and dalliances with the Swedish government and the Dutch,...   BaT Euro Alfa Adventure -- Part 2 -- Seeing our 1964 Giulia Sprint GT for the first time Though the racing events were the original justification for this trip to Europe, the greatest anticipation was coming from picking up the Alfa Romeo. With Goodwood finished off, it was time to collect the 1964 Giulia Sprint...   NAPA leaving Michael Waltrip Racing has little to do with integrity NAPA is ending its sponsorship deal with Michael Waltrip Racing. On its Facebook page, NAPA alluded to MWR's shifty shenanigans during the Richmond race, where driver Clint Bowyer appeared to spin out on purpose in order...   Jo Siffert, the Heuer Autavia, and the story of the world's first chronograph Recently, we featured a watch, a nice watch, in the Sept. 16 print issue of Autoweek as part of our coverage of Ron Howard's "Rush." We mentioned that it was a Heuer Autavia and that it was from the 1970s, but like most things that fit in a blurb, the story behind it is far more compelling. Because ...   NAPA leaving Waltrip after Richmond scandal NAPA Auto Parts said Thursday it is dropping Michael Waltrip Racing at the end of the year in the fallout of the team's attempt to manipulate a race to get Martin Truex Jr. into NASCAR's version of the playoffs. Napa is Truex's primary sponsor and in the first year of a three-year extension...   One Lap of the Web: Rally to Goodwood, Utah raises speed limits and Jeeps in Iceland -- Today's vehicles are more than capable of safely exceeding the speed limit. This isn't any secret to us, but apparently lawmakers are just starting to clue in; Utah has joined a slowly increasing number of states in raising some speed limits to 80 mph. Their justification? It's actually...   Reliving 'Rush': James Hunt fails to reach podium at Austrian Grand Prix Director Ron Howard's upcoming movie “Rush,” chronicling the famous 1976 Formula One World Championship rivalry between drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt, premieres nationwide on Sept. 27. In anticipation of the release, Autoweek revisits the 1976 F1 season, as it happened. We were on...   McLaren set to confirm Jenson Button and Sergio Perez for 2014 Jenson Button and Sergio Perez both implied today that they...   Felipe Massa doesn’t want to make up numbers on F1 grid Felipe Massa said Thursday that he wants to find a competitive seat for 2014 and doesn’t want to just make up numbers on the Formula One grid. Massa, who currently drives for Ferrari, has been linked with a Lotus, in effect making for a...   NBC Sports Group TV listings for Formula One Singapore Grand Prix Formula One will race under the lights in Singapore this weekend at the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. Below is NBC Sports Group's broadcast schedule for the weekend's F1 practice, qualifying and racing. Live coverage of the...   Fernando Alonso backs Kimi Räikkönen’s arrival at Ferrari Fernando Alonso says that he backs Ferrari’s decision to rehire Kimi Räikkönen in light of the major Formula One rule changes for next season. Alonso says once it... You May Have Missed...   Connected Car Expo is coming to Los Angeles Auto Show: Major tech announcements expected from Audi, Ford, Sprint A day before the start of the LA Auto Show will be the Connected Car Expo, which will show us the latest in singing, dancing, electronic gadgetry and advances in infotainment. In addition to the two press days, November 19th promises to feature some big companies making some equally big...   First 2014 Corvette Stingray coupes on the way to dealerships Chevrolet reports it has begun shipping the all-new 2014 Corvette Stingray coupe to dealers starting today. The new C7 Corvettes are, of course, assembled at General Motors' Bowling Green Assembly -- about 1,000 Stingrays have been built so far for delivery. Most are expected to be delivered to...   This may be the oldest surviving Nissan in North America There are survivor cars, and then there are survivor cars. This is the latter. Look closely at the design (while simultaneously pretending you haven't read the title of the article). What does it remind you of? A lot of things, we're betting (a Checker? An old Mercedes-Benz?). It's no surprise that ...   Formula One Singapore Grand Prix fast facts, statistics, circuit graphic and more The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has released the following preview of the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix night race on the streets of Singapore. The race is set for Sept. 22.Sebastian Vettel arrives on the grid at Singapore with a healthy 53-point lead over runner-up Fernando...   NASCAR's Kurt Busch not slowed by latest speeding penalty Kurt Busch's seventh speeding penalty of the season could have sunk his title hopes in the first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship race.He clearly had a top-10 car when he headed to pit road early in Sunday's race at Chicago, and that speeding penalty assessed on lap 80 dropped him to...   Here's a look at some of the strangest superstitions in NASCAR When it comes to superstition, NASCAR is about as bad as baseball. Racing lore often dictates what a driver may practice when it comes to finding success on the race track.On the weekend of a race, Davey Allison would watch a movie. If he ran well that weekend, the same movie would be watched the...   McLaren to announce 2014 Formula One drivers ‘pretty soon’ McLaren on Wednesday shed little further light on one of the last major talking points of the 2014 “silly season” -- the British team’s drivers for next year.On the face of it, the squad is leaning toward simply re-signing Jenson Button and Sergio Perez, but it emerged recently...   The Woodward Dream Cruise with Ian Callum Try describing the Woodward Dream Cruise—a pulsing expression of Amer-ican automotive enthusiasm condensed into an endless, eight-lane traffic jam—and your audience will fall into one of two groups: The ones who shrug it off as inexplicable gasoline-fueled hysteria, or the ones who... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. 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