Volkswagen Jetta test drive since 2005 sedan

Foreign love

Meeting with diesel Volkswagen Jetta turned into a test and formulation I love you, but ....
The intrigue ensued for a long time - when I met the fifth Golf. He really liked the running qualities. Collected, almost hard. Accurate, almost sharp. Confident, almost unmistakable. Quick almost fast. At that time, a 1.6-liter 102-horsepower motor, and even paired with a machine gun, stood at the class standard. I had to catch high from pure controllability - without dynamics.
And now it is time to run into Jetta. In addition to a new meeting with my beloved chassis, another pleasant event awaited me - a rendezvous with a 2 -liter turbodiesel. This motor is well familiar to me. I remember how two Passat came together in a comparative test - 2.0 FSI against 2.0 TDI. And as a diesel, despite a passport head start in a dozen horses, it turned out to be more interesting and exciting than a boring gasoline engine. And why do they ignore all this in Russia?
Be that as it may, now the same motor has come to life with a characteristic sound under the hood of a lighter Golf girl. I look forward to the pleasure
By the way, I did not make a reservation - the Golf sedan called Jetta intentionally. Here is the previous Bora, he was rightfully positioned separately from the hatchback. How more solid he had his appearance! And the current Jetta, although she can’t occupy the same solidity - how does she differ from Golf except the trunk? What deserved its own name?
But I am so, loving ... Jetta I like. After all, along with her face and interior, she adopted from her brother and those habits because of which I was imbued with warm feelings. I feel it right away without even moving. According to how low, in sporting, you can lower the elastic chair with a strict, comfortable profile. By the way a small three -spoke steering wheel with a chubby rim lies pleasantly in the hands. By the way, the lever of 6-speed mechanics ducked in the nest of the first gear.
I raise the speed of the diesel engine closer to three thousand, because I want to start briskly: I know from experience that this diesel is not a fountain on the bottoms. When you touch calmly, you should also be prepared for treacherously long -flowing and uninformative clutch - I was a little mistaken, and Jetta stalls with a heartbreaking metallic knock. We need to get sung.
This motor is created to revel in the moment ride. The pickup after 2500 revolutions is especially noticeable when accelerating from low speeds. By 3,000, diesel is already gaining so many Newton meters under the pedal that even from the fifth gear it turns out to shoot well without touching the transmission lever. And when you begin to click the steps with the desired dexterity, it turns out to be good to wipe your nose with high -octane fuel shame. Consider better the TDI nameplate! We are relatives of Le Manov Champions!
That's why I love you, jetta. I love, but why does the car, which is so gambling in a straight line, so firmly stands in corners and so passionately responds to provocations, awarded with such a cold appearance? I love Jetta, but I can’t put up with her Burger virtuous appearance, with her pretense of solidity, with imitation of a large Passat, with the formal arms of her salon, with an impassive mentor tone of instruments, did the creators spent all their emotions on a chrome radiator shield, a floor pedal Gas and take -off the moment turbodiesel curve?
In general, even if I have $ 30,000, I hardly spend them on Jetta. I know that I will receive for them a spacious rear sofa, a spacious trunk, and exemplary quality, but the amount and other mentioned but there will be no happiness in a long life together - only in such as now, fleeting meetings, when about but about but about but You can forget.
Prices and comed
Volkswagen Jetta with a 2.0 TDI engine is offered in two trim levels - Comfortline (from $ 30,578) and Sportline (from $ 31,135). In the first case, the machine has ABS, 6 airbags, automatic air conditioning, 16-inch alloy wheels, cruise control, velor seats, electric windows. The performance of Sportline adds fog, front sports seats and a more solid upholstery of the cabin. The DSG robotic box will cost $ 1772 more than 6-speed mechanics.
Text: Sergey Knowemsky
 

Source: Motor magazine [September 2006]