Sentence:  Under Hartmut Warkuss, its design director until 2003, Volkswagen styling celebrated its Teutonic origins and the <WSD>spare</WSD> modernist tradition expressed in Braun radios and coffee makers, reference points for the neomodern simplicity of the iPod. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; chary.