What car should I buy next?

[K1W1]

I'm about to buy a VW Jetta with the same engine and gearbox as the RS!

Congratulations enjoy it and don't listen to all the one eyed people around here. I quite like the look of Jettas.

[BlackOctaviaRS]

Sorry but for God's sake why?

1. Need a car within 3 weeks, dealer had a Jetta with the options and color I wanted in stock
2. Couldn't find a 5 door GTI in stock with the options I wanted
3. Kizashi, 6, Accord Euro, Mondeo top of the range models all had sunroofs - no good for my 6'5 height, and they're all slower and thirstier
4. Commodore, Falcon and Aurion to big, thirsty and *yawn*

[BlackOctaviaRS]

Congratulations enjoy it and don't listen to all the one eyed people around here. I quite like the look of Jettas.

Nice to see some people are rational

[Jake02]

Nice to see some people are rational

Just because I don't like Jettas doesn't mean you need to start calling out 'mean things' (keeping it PG)!

[anthony]

People seem to forget how important the Jetta is to VW worldwide.

Since its launch,10 million units have been sold ,and VW are moving 700 000 units a year,so this model is the 3rd most popular model in the entire VW group,only marginally behind the Golf and Passat.

Way more popular than the top selling Skoda Octavia,which moves about 200 000 units a year.

VWs most popular car in America and China,2 massive markets,as well as Mexico and Singapore.

[BlackOctaviaRS]

Just because I don't like Jettas doesn't mean you need to start calling out 'mean things' (keeping it PG)!

sorry mate, meant no offence !

We're all obviously rational - we've all got Skoda's after all!

[Jake02]

People seem to forget how important the Jetta is to VW worldwide.

Since its launch,10 million units have been sold ,and VW are moving 700 000 units a year,so this model is the 3rd most popular model in the entire VW group,only marginally behind the Golf and Passat.

Way more popular than the top selling Skoda Octavia, which moves about 200 000 units a year.

VWs most popular car in America and China,2 massive markets,as well as Mexico and Singapore.

Easy to explain there. The Jetta may sell a lot, but it doesn't mean we have to like them (look at Camrys). VW US may have the Jetta as their number one selling car, but I know that VW US are struggling from an amount of bad quality spells and some awful products (look at the Routan!). I'll add that the Jetta in China is this (捷达 > 车型总览 > Welcome to Volkswagen China.) - it appears to be 20 years old and the Jetta we all know is called the Sagitar. Golfs are still bigger worldwide! And I know how important your old Jetta (and new Accord Euro.........) are to you.

And BlackOctaviaRS, please don't worry, I just needed to stamp my stance as such.

[spellbound]

Nice to see some people are rational

Yes a good choice, has stood the test of time, still look good especially with big wheel/tyre combo .

Definately a cut above the octavia inside , yes if they had a wagon i would have stepped up too .

Certainly looks more modern than a lot asian stuff .

[dArK5HaD0w]

i'm not bagging out BlackOctaviaRS's choice of getting the jetta because its a "crap" car - its not! its a great car - and as i mentioned before, i was close to buying 1 myself.
the thing i didn't get was - why buy it when there is new jetta coming very very soon?

but u've stated ur reason above - "Need a car within 3 weeks, dealer had a Jetta with the options and color I wanted in stock"
....so now "i get it".
in the end, it doesn't matter wat we say, its ur money - ur choice.

[bobski]

i'm not bagging out BlackOctaviaRS's choice of getting the jetta because its a "crap" car - its not! its a great car - and as i mentioned before, i was close to buying 1 myself.
the thing i didn't get was - why buy it when there is new jetta coming very very soon?

Its pretty hard to buy a 'crap' car these days if you're spending 30k+. The differences are more or less toys and the experience down to personal opinion.

I test drove a diesel Jetta a couple of years ago and thought it was pretty good. And I can't say it was that different from driving the Skoda diesels - which is not at all surprising

[anthony]

In China,they have 3 generations of the Jetta.
The Jetta 2 is called Jetta
The Jetta 4 is called the Bora
The Jetta 5 is called the Sagitar.

The Jetta 4,5,and 6 are all sold in Mexico

The Jetta 4 and 5 are sold alongside each other in the whole of South America.

The Jetta 6 will be out locally mid year in 2011...and the current model is still selling strongly locally and overseas.

[woofy]

I was looking at the 147 Jetta, but lack of manual and the pretty small boot opening compared to the Octy hatch was a dealbreaker. I was also hearing a lot of not so good things about the Vws from Mexico and the rattles from SA made Golfs, so went the safer route with the SKoda.

[dArK5HaD0w]

pretty small boot opening compared to the Octy hatch was a dealbreaker.

i felt the same way too.
the jetta infact has a large boot for its class & size - scoring 527L; but the small boot opening kills it. sadly a common trait with sedans

i drove the dsg 147tsi a while ago....they were good fun. no paddle shift though do they have it now?
dealer was asking $55k with xenon, charleston 18s, & leather options!!
yikes!!

[BlackOctaviaRS]

i felt the same way too.
the jetta infact has a large boot for its class & size - scoring 527L; but the small boot opening kills it. sadly a common trait with sedans

i drove the dsg 147tsi a while ago....they were good fun. no paddle shift though do they have it now?
dealer was asking $55k with xenon, charleston 18s, & leather options!!
yikes!!

I'm paying just under $45k, with leather, paddle shift steering wheel, bluetooth, mdi, stainless pedals. They had a promo at the moment with free on road costs. Not too bad.

[anthony]

I'm paying just under $45k, with leather, paddle shift steering wheel, bluetooth, mdi, stainless pedals. They had a promo at the moment with free on road costs. Not too bad.

That sounds like a good deal to me.

When do you take delivery of it ???