The five-cylinder engine at the heart of the fifth-gen Jetta was closely related to another engine twice its size: the ...

Competes with: Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Kia K4, Hyundai Elantra, Nissan Sentra Looks like: A sharper, crisper version of the 2024 Jetta, now with more design elements cribbed from the GTI ...

The Jetta GLI is an affordable, do-it-all sports sedan that, unlike its GTI sibling, is actually offered with a manual ...

Mostly, the non-substantive bits—the Jetta’s cosmetics. The nose wears newly furrowed headlights and pointier details that give the effect of a buccal fat removal from the 2024 Jetta’s ...

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The 2025 Volkswagen Jetta drops its manual transmission in most trims, makes the automatic standard equipment, and makes it relatively more affordable. Volkswagen will keep the manual transmission ...

The 2025 model year brings a number of cosmetic improvements for Jetta, including revised front fascia with new upper and lower grille designs, and new LED headlamps with an available light bar.

Another year, another car with a manual transmission goes extinct. Two of this year’s casualties are the VW Golf GTI and Golf R, which will be sold with automatics only starting this year. But ...

The Volkswagen GLI is celebrating its 40th anniversary. More importantly though, it is tasked with carrying the enthusiast torch as the final VW to have a manual transmission. With the Golf GTI and ...

If you were asked to draw a sports car, the chances are you'd outline a sleek coupe, or perhaps a low-slung roadster – something along the lines of a Porsche 911, or Mazda MX-5 Miata. While these ...

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 ...