little car was once the nice little car the compact sedan you got if you wanted something a little nicer than a honda civic or a toyota corolla but in the Last. last few years sales have declined dramatically and people just don’t seem that interested in the jetta anymore today i’m going to review this car and i’m going to explain what’s going on actually i can tell you what’s going on with jetta sales really really fast suvs the jetta’s best sales year here in the united states was 2012 when they sold almost 185 000 units last year they managed to sell just over half that even though the jetta was an allnew completely redesigned model check out this graph To. to see the decline in jetta sales over The.

the last decade or so so what happened to those buyers well here’s another graph for You.

you this is the sales of the volkswagen tiguan compact crossover in the same time period in 2012 vw sold just 34 000 tiguans last year they Sold. sold almost four times that number it seems all the people who were interested in the jetta as a premium alternative to a regular compact car are now interested In. in the tiguan as a premium alternative to a regular compact suv and meanwhile jetta sales are in decline so does It.

it deserve it well today i’m going to review this jetta and find out but first a little overview now the jetta starts around Twenty.

twenty Thousand. thousand dollars and works its way Up. up to this model the sel premium with a sticker price of just under thirty thousand dollars old jetta models are frontwheel drive and they all use a 1.4 liter turbocharged fourcylinder with about 150 horsepower and 185 poundfeet of torque except for the sporty jetta gli which uses the same 2liter turbo 4 from the Vw. vw gti about 230 horsepower for My.

my foreign Viewers. viewers the jetta is a bit of an interesting anomaly Because. because the golf hatchback is far more popular than the jetta in almost every market except for north america but here where we traditionally prefer sedans to hatchbacks the jetta still outsells the Gulf. gulf roughly three to one even in spite of its declining sales but today i’m going to review the jetta and I’m.

i’m going to take you on a thorough tour of it And.

and show you all of its interesting quirks and features then i’m gonna get it out on the road and drive it and then i’ll give it a dug score all right i’m going to start the quirks and features of the new jetta inside and i Have. have to say the interior is pretty nice a huge improvement over the outgoing jetta still not a luxury car in here But. but everything looks a lot better than the old model little known Fact. fact about me i actually had the previous generation jetta as a company car and i worked at porsche it was horrible the interior Was