In our time with the car, we found the interior attractive in its overall design, though the less-than-ideal sunroof shade and some hard plastics serve as reminders that the GLI is built to a price ...

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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 ...

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, ...

You want a compact car—great! But you don’t want to go with the typical Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla. Offering up turbo torque and oodles of space in the compact car scene, the Volkswagen Jetta and ...

There’s a reason the Jetta has been Volkswagen’s best-selling vehicle in North America for more than the last 40 years. My guess is it’s the vehicle’s winning combination of style, quality, safety, ...

There is, however, a catch. 2025 sees the compact sedan go automatic only, whereas the 2024 model comes with a manual by default or an optional torque-converter automatic transmission. The latter adds ...

The 2025 model year marks the Volkswagen Jetta's 45th year in the United States, and despite a lot of change between 1980 and now, the Jetta remains an affordable compact car with a dash of elevated ...

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Since picking up his first set of MicroMachine toy cars as a toddler, Chris knew he had a passion for automobiles embedded in his soul. It wasn't until he started flipping through car magazines a ...

Rivian R1T (left) and R1S (right) electric vehicles (Source: Rivian) VW and Rivian have just announced that the two companies will form a joint venture, bringing Rivian’s software expertise to VW’s ...