VW Jetta gets update and wagon
2008 will bring a slightly updated Jetta to the US. Included will be the mildly anticipated wagon replacement.
Proving that the folks responsible for the good-looking A4 (platform name, no relation to the Audi) Jetta and Jetta wagon have long since lost influence at VW...the 08 Jetta shows no sign of abandoning the 'look-at-me' chrome grill and continues the fascination with bland tail-light design that brought Toyota Corolla tail-lights to the sedan and now give us the most anonymous lights imaginable for the wagon.
On the plus-side, 08 will bring the return of the TDi diesel engine, now with BlueTec and in a 2.0l size (up from the previous 1.9l TDi). Additional powertrain updates include a 20hp bump for the 2.5l 5-cylinder (now at 170).Read more about it at the best VW site around:
VWVortex: 2008 Volkswagen Jetta Sportwagen
She likes it, she really likes it!
Up to this point, I've saved you all the pain of recounting my and my wife's saga of finding her a new car.
Suffice it to say we've been in and out of the market for the last couple years with anything from luxury cars (Cadillac CTS), SUVs (Ford Escape and Saturn VUE), to no car at all. The goal being to try to find the best combination of build quality, ride and handling, fuel economy, as well as other less quantifiable criteria such how easy or difficult it might be to dork up the interior in day-to-day errand running.
We recently sold our VUE and had an order in on a Nissan Versa (this order fell due to Nissan's inability to build a car that had the combination of options that we had to have - ABS _and_ Convenience Package - until model year 2008)...
So, after all this time of shopping what did we get that met all the requirements and actually looks like a car that we'll have for some time to come?
A 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit. Take a look:
Oh, and that's my turbo Beetle in the background in desperate need of a washing.
Suffice it to say we've been in and out of the market for the last couple years with anything from luxury cars (Cadillac CTS), SUVs (Ford Escape and Saturn VUE), to no car at all. The goal being to try to find the best combination of build quality, ride and handling, fuel economy, as well as other less quantifiable criteria such how easy or difficult it might be to dork up the interior in day-to-day errand running.
We recently sold our VUE and had an order in on a Nissan Versa (this order fell due to Nissan's inability to build a car that had the combination of options that we had to have - ABS _and_ Convenience Package - until model year 2008)...
So, after all this time of shopping what did we get that met all the requirements and actually looks like a car that we'll have for some time to come?
A 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit. Take a look:
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| From Steph's 2007 ... |
Oh, and that's my turbo Beetle in the background in desperate need of a washing.