Which budget sedan wins in 2025? Our head-to-head review pits the VW Jetta against the Hyundai Elantra, revealing which offers superior value, features, and driving experience for your money.

If VW brought this car to the US as the new Jetta today, nobody would bat an eye. It is a handsome design. No fancier than the current Jetta, but it's nicely proportioned.

The 2022 Volkswagen Jetta typically isn’t the first compact sedan on our minds when parsing through best-in-segment, but it’s still one you should keep in ...

Our Jetta is a unique design different from the one Europeans get, one that’s been softened and, some would argue, decontented for what VW brass determined American drivers wanted.

1991 VW Jetta GL Wolfsburg - Full-Baked. Derek Baker's '91 Jetta is no half-baked project; it's a 290WHP VR6 turbo! Josh Brown Photographer Alex Rogan Writer Jan 01, 2008.

The proof accumulates with lots of highway miles. Our red turbodiesel Jetta arrived with a full tank of fuel, and in 2011 miles we only filled its 14.5-gallon fuel tank three times, leaving plenty ...

The new Volkswagen Jetta GLI is really the combination of two of Volkswagen’s better ideas – the Jetta four-door sedan itself, a sporty little sedan well suited for family use, and the GTI, a ...

By cutting them apart, Smith found 1999-2004 VW Jettas were built like “a bloody tank”: The structure of the Jetta was some 300 pounds heavier than the typical compact sedan.

VW Jetta SE: $22,155 Chevrolet Cruze LT sedan: $21,520 Ford Focus SEL sedan: $21,870 Honda Civic EX-T: $22,500 Hyundai Elantra SEL: $19,850 Kia Forte EX: $21,700 Mazda 3 Touring sedan: $21,140 ...

R is very nice, but do its features match its price point? Here's a firsthand look at the 2025 iteration of VW's popular SUV.