Yeah, unfortunately the Jetta did get dumbed down a bit, but it is also $7000 cheaper on average, across the board, from what the car cost 15 years ago. Jetta is North Americas deal. People in Europe hate them, and North American buyer seem to love realtor/rental fleet calibre sedans. So when they decided to design it for the N/A market, they put the typical NA buyer in mind, and just built a plain old boring car with a lot of the niceties trimmed out on the entry models. And we have never sold more of them. Price trumps all for the typical sedan buyer.
The new MKVII golf on the other hand, unbelievable. I didn't think they would up the anti of the MKVI but the car is leaps nicer in every dept. And the fit and finish on it is Audiesque all the way.
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