by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 11/07/2017 at 17:51
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 11/07/2017 at 17:51
Tags: VW
; Jetta
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Live in the UK? Feel your life incomplete without a Jetta?
Hurry up. It’s been dropped and when the few left in the dealer network are gone, they’re gone.
I believe the Americans buy more of these than they do Golfs, so why drop it in the UK and some other markets? Here’s why.
So far this year, UK buyers have persuaded themselves to buy nearly 53,000 Golfs. In contrast, only 379 brave souls decided that only a Jetta could fill their needs.
Adíos? They’re made in Mexico.
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/07/2017 at 17:57, STARS: 0
The US Jetta is not the same as the Euro Jetta.
I wonder if the Jetta is a jetting out of Oz too...(we get the Euro Jetta)
"djmt1" (djmt1)
11/07/2017 at 18:00, STARS: 1
Wait, what? The Jetta is or rather was sold here? Huh you learn something new every day.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/07/2017 at 18:04, STARS: 0
Not only that, but people actually buy them. I’m guessing taxi.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/07/2017 at 18:07, STARS: 0
I thought they were essentially the same car with different specs as I couldn’t imagine VW designing a Europe only model given its slow sales
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/07/2017 at 18:11, STARS: 0
US Jetta is bigger and on an older platform...or maybe I’m confusing it with the US Passat? Confuddled I am...
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
11/07/2017 at 18:12, STARS: 0
Maybe so - there are definitely two Passats.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
11/07/2017 at 18:26, STARS: 2
You’re confusing it with the Passat.
Before, I think it was 2014, the US Jetta was cheaper than the European Jetta, but it was the same body. (Things like hard plastics where European cars (and the GLI and Hybrid) had soft touch, and a torsion beam suspension that was really more of a solid axle, because it’s what fit into the PQ35's rear.)
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/07/2017 at 18:44, STARS: 1
As far as I know, as a person living in the country of its inception, the european and american Jettas are the same, if anything european Jettas maybe get different engines, as here in Mexico its still sold with the 2.5 5cyl N/A and not the 1.8 tsi that ya’ll fancy americans get.
The thing is, the golf is a better, newer, safer vehicle, but since the US likes sedans more than hatches, its a worse seller, I also think that buying a Jetta here is cheaper than buying a golf, and the other way around in Europe (Golf cheaper than Jetta)
The Passat is different, the American Passat has code NMS (New Midsize Sedan) and is similar to the old b7 european passat, now the european Passat (B8) is based on the MQB plataform alike the Golf.
The current jetta is not MQB.
"Svend" (svend)
11/07/2017 at 19:18, STARS: 0
If you wanted a saloon VW Golf, you bought a Skoda Octavia liftback and saved a few quid.
The Jetta is very rarely seen in fact I think all the Golf saloons I’ve seen have been Boras.
Saloons of that size just don’t sell well in the U.K.
Saloon territory tends to be for larger cars with the owners usually having a smaller hatchback.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
11/08/2017 at 03:46, STARS: 0
They’re a bit late to the party. The Jetta has been discontinued in my native the Netherlands for a few years now. Despite VW being the best selling brand here.