Perhaps more so than any other model in its lineup, the Jetta is truly Volkswagen’s people’s car in North America. Starting at only $14,990, it’s the cheapest car the German marque offers here, having bumped its hatchback Golf sibling up a rung as a sportier, slightly more premium offering. More than just about dollars and sense, the Jetta com

Volkswagen has just unveiled an all-new Jetta at the North American International Auto Show. The new Jetta gets a new platform, new engines, and new premium features. The new Jetta is based on the same Volkswagen MQB platform as the Golf and Tiguan. Despite that, the already big Jetta gets bigger. It's up 33 mm between the wheels, with a wheelba

Sometimes we pick our Find of the Week because it's a rare or cool model. Sometimes we pick it because it's a car that was owned by someone famous, or the car itself was in a movie or on TV. Sometimes the ad is just so good that it doesn't matter what the car is. And then, every once in a while, you get an ad that strikes a chord. This ad has mo

Three hundred and 18 curves. Eleven miles. Located in a place called Deal’s Gap along the Tennessee and North Carolina State line, there’s a sinuous stretch of Highway 129 that is known as the Tail of the Dragon. A mecca for motorcyclists from around the globe, there is a monument known as The Tree of Shame that is adorned with parts from ill-fated

In 1993, Bill Clinton was President of the United States, Kurt Cobain was alive, hockey (somehow) was not yet recognized as a national sport in Canada, and Volkswagen's Jetta compact was powered by a 2.0L four-cylinder that made 115 hp and 122 lb-ft of torque. 150 hp and 184 lb-ft of torque vault the Jetta squarely into the mix among compact

There’s no shortage of glowing reviews of Volkswagen’s turbocharged 1.4-litre four-cylinder engine (1.4TSI) that’s now standard equipment in the 2016 VW Jetta Trendline and Comfortline trims and in the 2016 Jetta Hybrid. The high praise comes in part because it’s such a huge improvement over its predecessor, the aging 2.0-litre SOHC eight-valve f

Right off the top, let’s be straight: you either clicked on this story because you’re genuinely interested in buying a Jetta or because you plan to jump straight to the comments section and tell everyone that you still don’t trust Volkswagen. Named after the German city that’s home to Volkswagen’s world headquarters, [the Wolfsburg Edition] s

Sure as the night is dark and that it rains in November in Vancouver, the latest Volkswagen Jetta is getting the hi-po GLI performance treatment. The 2019 Jetta GLI, which made its debut at this year’s Chicago Show but held off some Canadian details until its Canadian debut at the Canadian International AutoShow in Toronto today, gets a tuned ve

Vehicle Type: Sedan / Wagon   At a Glance Jetta is Germany’s answer to the Honda Civic , Toyota Corolla , Mazda 3 , Chevrolet Cruze and other comparable compact models. Look for sedan and wagon variants of the popular Volkswagen, as well as numerous limited-edition packages and special models. Air conditioning, cruise co

RALEIGH, NC – The Jetta might be Volkswagen’s biggest seller in Canada and the US, but in the hierarchy of compact sedans, the Jetta trails big players like the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Hyundai Elantra. As they say in show business, “Tough room.” With this all-new seventh-generation 2019 Jetta , VW is coming at the competition with some sl

In my opinion, there are two reasons to buy a diesel powered vehicle: one is the power -- you typically get great power from standstill and when passing, along with super smooth highway cruising – and the other is that you save at the pump. That latter reason is huge because it will cost you more to buy a diesel-powered vehicle in the first plac

Vehicle Type: Sedan Many owners say the Jetta’s perceivable feeling of solid quality helped make their purchase decision easy. Model year 2011 saw an all-new Jetta hit the Canadian market with new looks, new features, new technology, and an attractive new price point. Designed to give competitors from Toyota, Honda, Ford and others a r

The Volkswagen Golf GTI has long been one of the best of the hot hatches, giving drivers that special something that encourages one last run down that windy back-road. Or one lower gear to listen to the engine at the expense of a few millilitres of fuel. For 35 years, that car has had a twin with a trunk: the Jetta GLI. But the last generation o

Day 1 Everyone in Canada loves a diesel, right? I guess we will see how much the love continues with an engine that now requires a fuel that is 30–40 percent more expensive than regular gasoline; it certainly can make the diesel argument a little tough to swallow, especially when you also have to spring for the AdBlue UREA additive on top of the

Now in its seventh generation, Volkswagen’s perennially popular Jetta is a well-engineered, practical, and thoroughly sensible compact sedan with a surprisingly generous amount of interior and trunk space. The sporty-minded Jetta GLI, which returned in 2019 after a short absence, retains all the practical aspects of its tamer Jetta siblings but doe