That’s an excellent question, so, when we got a chance to get some seat time in an ’08 Jetta Sportwagen at the 2007 American Station Wagon Owners Association Convention, we jumped on it.

When this reporter got behind the wheel of the Jetta GLI, it truly was a pleasure to drive. It all starts with what’s under the hood.

He already had a Ford F-450 but found that he was driving around with the bed empty most of the time. The result was a pickup truck based on the fourth-generation Jetta that he dubbed the Ute.