Right after years of trying to get its compact sedan to dress the component, Volkswagen has finally managed to naturalize the Jetta. The German 4-door now wears a suit that’s bound to strike a chord with the notoriously conservative American masses, and carries a cost tag that automobile buyers will uncover significantly much more appealing, thanks to a slew of cost-saving tricks. But those adjustments come having a price all their own.

Model Lineup
Volkswagen is offering the 2011 Jetta in four trim levels, from bare-bones to dressed-to-the-nines. Ultimately a fifth model, the performance-oriented GLI, will join them on showroom floors. Issues get began at S trim, featuring 15-inch wheels and not a lot else; cloth seats and soul-crushing challenging plastic dominate the cabin. Fortunately, stepping up to SE trim takes care of a few of those issues. Stylish 16-inch rollers take the place of the smaller 15-inch wheels, and leatherette seating surfaces show up inside. The interior also receives a small dress-up package in the form of chrome accents around the climate-control knobs.

You are able to also adorn your Jetta SE having a convenience package that throws in amenities including a leather-wrapped steering wheel along with an a lot more civilized 6-speaker sound system, though we would be just as likely to opt for the SEL trim. This next step up throws in all the goodies discovered within the SE convenience package, but adds hardware for example a fog lights, 17-inch wheels, keyless entry along with a navigation program.

At the leading of the lineup is the TDI. It’s fundamentally a Jetta SE with disc brakes on all four corners and an uberefficient diesel engine.

Volkswagen has added a new engine to the Jetta lineup for next year. Beginning in 2011, you can get your sedan with a 2.0-liter 115-horsepower 4-cylinder engine that produces around 125 lb-ft of torque. The new engine is component of the company’s strategy to lower the price tag, and it comes bolted to either a 5-speed manual transmission or a 6-speed automatic. Although the Environmental Protection Agency hasn’t issued fuel-economy figures for the new engine yet, Volkswagen promises somewhere around 24 mpg city/34 mpg highway.

If the little 2.0-liter does not serve up quite enough punch for you, Volkswagen is also offering the identical 2.5-liter 5-cylinder engine discovered inside the previous generation. For next year, buyers will have the option of the identical two gearboxes provided with the 4-cylinder engine. Either way, they can expect the 2.5-liter to churn out a far more respectable 170 horsepower and 177 lb-ft of torque, all even though returning just 1 mpg worse on the highway.

The company’s endearing 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder diesel engine will also make a return for 2011. It produces 140 horsepower and a ridiculous 236 lb-ft of torque, producing it feel significantly bigger than its diminutive displacement would suggest. Anticipate to see around 30 mpg city/42 mpg highway when equipped with either the 6-speed manual or 6-speed direct-shift gearbox.

As we mentioned above, the GLI will likely debut later inside the year, featuring the Jetta engine that we’ve come to love, the 2.0 TFSI.

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