HIGHS Playful handling, supple ride quality, availability of a slick-shifting six-speed manual. LOWS Low-rent interior plastics, seats need more support, competitors offer even sportier handling.

I'm starting to bald. It's led to, among other things, a new fear of grocery-store entrances with that overhead wide-angle security camera. There's not much I can do about it, and I'm only getting ...

VW added a mild refresh to the Jetta to update its looks a bit, but has otherwise not messed with the car’s basic formula of getting you there on the cheap. Sadly, though, the manual transmission is ...

The 2026 Volkswagen Jetta starts at $25,270, GLI at $35,020 (all prices include $1,275 destination charge). Minor standard equipment upgrades. Updated for the 2025 model year with a light face-lift ...

The Jetta’s age is counting against it, as are newer rivals. But if the Jetta’s latest sales figures are anything to go by, the compact sedan is in danger. Volkswagen just reported its sales figures ...

Manual transmissions have gone the way of the dodo, but you can still find a few out there. Bless Volkswagen for keeping the helical gears turning, both literally and figuratively. The 2025 Jetta GLI, ...

For the 2025 model year, Volkswagen introduces significant updates to the front and rear of the Jetta, along with a few new colors, including Monterey Blue Pearl (seen here), to give this sedan a more ...

Volkswagen's mission has long been to deliver affordable fun. This playful ethos is evident throughout the lineup, from the vast number of Golf GTI models to the wacky retro EV minivan that is the ...

Volkswagen deserves a lot of respect for keeping the Jetta around. At a time when many car makers have dropped sedans from their lineups altogether, the Jetta has remained one of the most affordable ...

(WHTM) — Today’s Cool Car is a family car that’s fun to drive, but is a challenge. Volkswagen has done it with the Jetta GLI. Besides small splashes of red trim, the Volkswagen Jetta GLI looks pretty ...

Volkswagen Group brands such as Volkswagen and Audi have earned renown for their adept use of common platforms and tools to produce distinctly different vehicles using shared components. The company’s ...

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