This car had a great sleek, sport appearance and is great fun to drive. The acceleration is good because it's a manual transmission and you can control the shifting (unlike the automatic, which I thought had a great deal of hesitation). The Sport package has a sport suspension which allows for good manueverability without thinking you are going to dump it on it's side if you need to make a quick move. I have always felt 100% safe in this car - airbags everywhere, braking is good, and excellent handling. We live off a windy road in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and it's great for the terrain and weather here.

Performance- The VW Jetta is great in this department, on the automatic version it has drive, as well as a Sport setting which allows you to accelerate much faster by reeving up to the red line. It can accelerate from 0-60 pretty rapidly. The Volkswagen also keeps with the European sport tradition of having EXCELLENT handling. The car goes exactly where you want it to go and parallel parking it is extremely easy. Build Quality- Ever since ive had the VW (close to 7 months) it has needed absolutely no repairs what so ever. It drives like a dream. Before this car I had a 2001 Jetta, and to this day its only needed standard maintenance. Im expecting that the new Jetta will hold up the same. Appearance- The outside of the new Jetta looks amazing. The older Jettas, up untill this one, all looked friendly and playful. The new Jetta looks mean and ready for action. The interior is simply fantastic. It has a BMW/Merc quality interior. Something youd expect from a 1 series or an E class. Its very stilish, very simple, and very functional. All of the buttons click into place nicely and there are no loose ends. The heated seats work in a matter or 2 min and the air conditioner/ heater works amazingly well, warming or cooling the car completely in about 5 min or less. The touch screen radio/sat nav works very well, and has no glitches what so ever. The sunroof is a VERY nice touch ;) Cost of Ownership- like I said before, the only things you really have to do is replace the windshield wiper fluid and gas. The car just needs standard maintnence. It is VERY cheep to own and the gas milage is somewhere around 36mpg I believe. Fun Factor- The car is an absolute joy to drive. Compaired to my friends cars this thing is the fastest, and most well handling car out of them. Its a pure joy to drive a car in sports mode, knowing you can turn where you want and nothing is going to go wrong. When it accelerates from 0 you get a sort of butterfly effect in your stomach as the tires spin on the pavement and cause smoke. Best car Ive ever had.

Very good quality, good gas mileage, dependable, drives & handles very well, nice interior room.

This model - the SEL - is loaded with navigation and all the other amenities including bluetooth, heated seats, the only thing it's missing is a back up camera Great car for the value. It has that solid German feel, I hope it continues to be reliable. Like it a lot!

I love this car . Look so cool. Seat so comfortable . I love classic style inside car . Yes, this car fun to drive !!! Exterior size car good too, its middle car , not small not so big ! On gas its not cost a lot . Trunk not small to . I like button to open trunk its easy to press on driver door .