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SpecialMercedes-Benz USA presented Brumos Motor Cars of Jacksonville the prestigious Mercedes-Benz Best of the Best Dealer Recognition Award. From left are Robert Teitelbaum, area manager for the Southern Region, MBUSA; Nichole Braggs, sales operations manager for the Southern Region, MBUSA; Charlie Tomm, president & CEO The Brumos Companies; Allen Majewski, general manager of Brumos Motor Cars; Jeff Bender, general manager of Mercedes-Benz of Orange Park; and Dan Davis, chairman of The Brumos Companies.O'Steen Volkswagen took the all-new Passat on the road again on Aug. 5, this time to the Casa Marina Hotel & Restaurant in Jacksonville Beach as a sponsor of the Magic 107.3 "Birthday Bash." The FM station, which plays classic hits from the 1960s, '70s and '80s, celebrated its first anniversary.
More than 350 guests had the opportunity to check out the O'Steen VW lineup, including the two 2012 Passats - a 2.5-liter gasoline SE and a 2.0-liter TDI SEL Clean Diesel model that gets 795 miles per tank - as well as the 2011 Eos convertible and the 2012 CC Sport sedan.
O'Steen also had some special guests entertain the crowd - members of the 501st Legion, a Star Wars costuming organization. Appearing were Storm Troopers, Tusken Raiders, Darth Vader and a cute mini-Darth Vader.
The 501st Legion members posed for pictures with guests and used "The Force" on the Passats, replicating the popular Super Bowl XLV commercial aired in February.
Volkswagen scored high marks by having a 6-year-old tromping around the house wearing a Darth Vader costume, attempting to use the Force on a variety of household objects before finally achieving success on a 2012 Passat.
The event helped raise funds for Wolfson Children's Hospital.
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Mercedes-Benz USA recently presented Brumos Motor Cars of Jacksonville the prestigious Mercedes-Benz Best of the Best Dealer Recognition Award.
The high honor was based on its outstanding performance in 2010. Brumos Motor Cars was presented the award as a tribute to its success as an independent entrepreneurship that routinely exceeds the expectations of Mercedes-Benz owners.
This year, MBUSA is recognizing the top 10 percent of its retail network with the Best of the Best recognition. The award, which is presented annually, goes to top performing Mercedes-Benz dealerships for demonstrating superior performance in various areas of their business, including customer satisfaction, new vehicle sales, certified pre-owned sales, leadership and management, parts operations, and market penetration.
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Volkswagen scored high marks by having a 6-year-old tromping around the house wearing a Darth Vader costume, attempting to use the Force on a variety of household objects before finally achieving success on a 2012 Passat. The event helped raise funds
The new Lexus CT200h hybrid is here to challenge big German players like BMW, Audi and VW. Too bad it's not even enough to get them out of bed, writes The Wheel Deal Lexus. Now here's a company that's always had something of a peculiar brand dynamic.
On the other hand, the TDI gets disc brakes on all four wheels, more reassuring than the old-design rear-wheel drum brakes that VW uses on the gasoline Jettas (except the high-performance SEL). All four windows in the test car were one-touch up and
But there's a hint at the lengths to which Maserati will go to differentiate itself from its mass-market relations in AN's description of its engine: The car will use a heavily revised, high performance version of the Chrysler V-6 Pentastar engine.
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Volkswagen introduced the redesigned Jetta compact sedan last fall but didn't get a diesel under the hood until January.
That TDI -- VW's nomenclature for diesel -- provides a good opportunity to revisit the Jetta and check out the diesel, popular among VW buyers because it is rated 30 miles per gallon in town and 42 mpg on the highway, 34 in mixed driving. The 2011 TDI will continue unchanged for 2012.
That fuel mileage is about 25 percent better than the base gasoline version in the city and in mixed city/highway driving, and 24 percent better on the highway.
The CliffsNotes version: nice, roomy car; appealing drivetrain; low-brow interior trim and switches; inexplicable lack of some key features, but surprising inclusion of other features.
If this is your first look at the Jetta, you'll want to know that when VW redesigned it for the 2011 model year, it got much bigger, for American-size users. The interior now is comfortable for four or five adults -- roomier, in fact, than some bigger cars. And the trunk is as big as on some mid- or full-size cars.
The new Jetta starts at $1,220 less than the old one, giving the perennially premium-price VW brand a more tempting number to advertise: $16,495 (because ads never include shipping, $770 in this case, the real base price is $17,265).
And that required a bit of corner-cutting, some of which the TDI shares, to keep the price down.
The rear uses a beam axle, not independent suspension that would provide crisper steering and handling. But that's at the margins; most people mostly won't notice.
The interior uses enough hard plastic to cancel the appeal of the nicer trim and materials, leaving you with the impression that the insides are brittle and cheaper than they probably are.
Switches for the turn signals, climate control and mirrors feel sloppy and flimsy, doing nothing to upgrade your opinion.
You can't get a backup camera for love nor money, even though the government is phasing in a requirement in the next few years, nor is there any other backup warning system.
On the other hand, the TDI gets disc brakes on all four wheels, more reassuring than the old-design rear-wheel drum brakes that VW uses on the gasoline Jettas (except the high-performance SEL). All four windows in the test car were one-touch up and down, a premium feature you still don't always get in pricier sedans.
The TDI, even the base version, is well-equipped, including a power sunroof, heated seats and the faux leather that VW calls V-Tex leatherette (vinyl, but so nicely done you're tempted to wonder who needs leather).
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