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01-17-2018, 12:14 PM | #26 |
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Not sure what everyone was expecting from a German, volume sedan option targeted at the budget-frendly market? This is typical conservative, understated VW styling. This is also not a picture of any of the sport, GLI, or performance models. The front is super round/soft and boring, but the sides and rear are very German/Audi. A base or comfort trim Jetta was never intended to be an exciting or extrovert kind of vehicle. I'm sure the car will look better in person, but we will have to see once they hit the lots.
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01-17-2018, 08:28 PM | #27 | |
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VW as a whole used to have a fleet of stylish, well appointed, cantankerous cars. Now it seems like they focus on cost-cut, big, bland, but more reliable transportation. |
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02-18-2018, 12:23 PM | #30 | |
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02-18-2018, 12:42 PM | #31 |
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VW Teases Sleek New Jetta Ahead Of Detroit Auto Show Debut
It’s not hideous from this angle. Looks like the CC.
But I don’t understand the lifted rear design that’s more pronounced in other photos. |
02-18-2018, 10:16 PM | #32 |
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02-19-2018, 08:01 AM | #33 |
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That LCD driven console cluster makes me sad
Too bad OLED cant be used due to burn in issues. Also, if you are going with the LCD route, at least put in some fancy looking gauges in there. Provide some depth, make them look real. I drove a Jeep the other week and it had half and half. Whoever developed the LCD half didn't even bother to match the physical gauge half. I drove in a new Infinity also. I remember when Infinity had that analog clock right in the center console, sign of luxury and finesse I guess. That got replaced by a huge tablet with a crappy looking screen and analog clock. Not to mention how uncomfortable the seats and bumpy the ride was. |
02-19-2018, 12:20 PM | #34 |
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I like the giant length wise screen on the new Mercs. Thats done right.
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03-09-2018, 07:28 AM | #35 | ||
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2019 VW Jetta Scores Big Boost in Mileage Ratings
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03-10-2018, 12:55 PM | #36 |
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03-10-2018, 05:21 PM | #37 |
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wow...smaller engine, better MPG's and not as fun to drive.
Well...IMO, the Jetta has always been the toaster of VW's bread and butter money maker. Goes from Point A to Point B...and probably driven by college kids and people who don't know where the oil dipstick is. They'll sell a ton of them. Oh, and this: |
03-10-2018, 06:37 PM | #38 |
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I mean.. it's a Golf sedan. I don't understand how VW could screw this up so badly. I really hope this isn't an indicator of what's to come for the next Golf.
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03-10-2018, 07:07 PM | #39 | |
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What has happened at this time is VW has dropped the other engine choices for the first year of the new model/redesign. The 2.0t will come with the GLI when it is released. Who knows if the 1.8t will make a return again in a Sport model, as it did with the current generation. Again, the car has not even been released, or driven by anyone here, and is being written off as a step in the wrong direction. Why not actually wait and see what the car is really like before passing judgment? |
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03-10-2018, 07:19 PM | #40 |
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Very good point. I like the MPG’s. No one like the last gen Jetta when it debuted, either. As goes with pretty much any automobile redesign. |
03-10-2018, 07:40 PM | #41 |
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Is the Jetta still the Mexican-built cost-reduced version of the Golf? I seem to remember quality went out the window a few years ago in a cost-cutting effort.
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03-11-2018, 07:12 AM | #42 | |
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Consumer Reports Slams New Volkswagen Jetta https://www.cbsnews.com/news/consume...kswagen-jetta/ 4 Reasons Americans Aren't Buying Volkswagens Anymore http://www.businessinsider.com/why-a...swagens-2014-7 Two years later from same publication http://www.businessinsider.com/why-a...agen-vw-2016-8 2011 Volkswagen Jetta: You can feel the cost-cutting http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct...eview-20101026 VW Jetta: Critics hate it, buyers love it http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/15/auto...etta/index.htm |
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03-11-2018, 11:40 PM | #43 |
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This thing is in the latest golf R too, and as someone who has an order in at 3 dealers to see which one can get me my color/trans combo faster, I'm disappointed as well. It's the one feature about the car I wish I could change. It has some cool features, like being able to pull the navigation up into the cluster, but the gauges look cheap and clunky. The Audi clusters look so much nicer in comparison.
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04-10-2018, 04:15 AM | #44 |
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04-10-2018, 11:48 AM | #45 |
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Those Chrysler hood wrinkles are terrible.
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04-10-2018, 02:24 PM | #47 |
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04-10-2018, 02:28 PM | #48 |
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still really dislike that front end styling... ick.
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12-29-2018, 04:10 AM | #49 |
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