Lol "s" I love when people literally buy the lowest trip level and then act like they have an opinion. *Laughs in 2020 SEL Premium*

@@sleazykilla360 I have a GLI S and am proud. Cloth seats are great. Besides, it still has the auto-dimming mirror and automatic dual zone climate. For a "base model" it isn't bad. Granted, you don't get that stuff in a regular Jetta S.

@@sleazykilla360 you drive a Jetta calm down 🙄

@@krab9479 calm down the SEL premium is almost a Audi A3.

@@neubauerjoseph oh no kidding, the SEL premium is a great deal for what you get. but you definitely don’t get any clout from driving one. just appreciate your car and don’t try to flex on someone who drives a lower trim like that guy did lmao

Why, because he promotes European junk better than the others?

@@squidproquo2241 Have you watched his other reviews? Unlike Doug Demuro and some others, he is someone I could recommend to a prospective car buyer

@@dhruvakumar3795 _ "Have you watched his other reviews?" Have you? "Unlike Doug Demuro and some others, he is someone I could recommend to a prospective car buyer" He is another Acura basher and Japanese hater inside, or maybe he acts like one because his lively hood depends on the European car makers paying him for his reviews. According to him each and every car handless better than Acura TLX (exaggeration on my part but a very close exaggeration).

@@squidproquo2241 Well he has glowing reviews on the honda accord... And as far as I know that is Japanese. His 2 top compact crossover picks are Japanese. If he was 'sponsored' by the Germans, he would only be reccomending the Tiguan and Passat. I agree that he is not stating the lack of German reliability enough, but his job isn't to track auto manufacturer's reliability. Better to look to consumer reports or something for that

@@dhruvakumar3795 "Well he has glowing reviews on the honda accord... And as far as I know that is Japanese." Except haters including the Europeans themselves everyone feel the urge to praise the Accord. Because it is a superior car. Which makes the top ten car list of Car and Driver magazine every year for the last, well, 30 years or abouts. The tell tale sign of a hater is that the baseless claim of "Instead of an Acura by a Honda" and this reviewer is no different than that. Why do you feel urge to defend him, do you think that I am insulting him or something? Or, do you think that I am being unfair to him? Have you ever asked to yourself that I maybe right, at all? Why do you think that you maybe impartial on your claims or assessments about cars? Have you listened other reviewers? Better yet, have you ever tried to be bias free of anything yourself, so that, your judgement would be objective, etc?

@apl175 - Amber turn signals should be mandatory. Red is strongly associated with braking... amber is warning. But some companies just want to be different. At least with VW/Audi, trend is for independent lighting. I can't stand bulb setups used for both brake and signal. That's just stupid.

@@voicemint what's worse is some companies like to use the SAME bulb (or at least the same dome) for braking AND turn signaling. so stupid.

@@lawlerzwtf -- agreed. American car companies have been some of the worst for that. At least VAG has been good about isolation of lighting task by bulb.

Volkswagen has been doing this for decades. The turn signals on my 1972 Westfalia Campmobile are amber.

For anyone reading this in late 2020... I just purchased a 2020 GLI, and it has red turn signals now, as does any Jetta in 2020 or 2021.

"Eck setra," see it's easy to say.

I'm very curious how the GLI compares to the Civic SI for about the same money

Yes for my 30k I go with GLI Autobahn.

I just picked up a GLI S with the DSG. It's actually not bad for a base model. Mine came with an auto-dimming mirror with Homelink (garage door opener) and compass. And automatic dual-zone climate is standard. If you don't care about leather or the digital gauge cluster, I'd say the S is fine.

@@ARentz07 i actually upgraded to 2018 s3 haha. But that new gli is sweet, I would def go for the manual tho.

@@lukaszficek9870 Just saw this reply. Congrats on the S3. A friend has an RS3 and the A3 family is collectively a great car. Handles really well! I mean, I should know considering it's all MQB anyway. Went from a GTI to this GLI and love both of them.

Who the hell wants to spend all their time at the dealer getting their shit fixed?

@@classikz Warranties reflect a manufacturer's confidence that their customers won't be "spending all their time at the dealer getting their shit fixed." Like any insurance policy, an issuer offers a warranty if they're confident that on average they won't have to redeem it. Don't they teach you this stuff in middle school?

@@stephenhendricks103 They don't, but enjoy your VW.

@Shamur Stewart Nope...That is ONLY the power train, b2b is only 3yrs 36k. VW is b2b 6yrs/72k on EVERYTHING. Historically VW powertrains are very good and last a long time regardless of the warranty.

@@watershed44 Actually, Hyundai and Kia have a 5 year/60,000 mile basic warranty. But that is indeed still behind VW's 6/72k. Again, VW has THE LONGEST comprehensive bumper-to-bumper warranty coverage of _any_ automaker. That is fact.

I was just wondering about this.

stupid8911 my new VW Tiguan SE has a CD Player in the glove box. Works great

Different strokes for different folks...and climates. I have the same mesh cover on my GTI but I live in the Pacific Northwest where cloudy, cool days are the rule rather than the exception. My MK6 GTI had a smaller sunroof with an opaque cover but I prefer the MK7.5 version in terms of allowing more light into what would otherwise be a very dark cabin. If I lived in Florida or Arizona I might well have a different opinion.

Thanks for sharing. It has been some years since I've driven a Mazda 3 but had heard the brand made some recent great strides on improvements. Your testimony is intriguing and I'm going to do a test drive comparison because of it.

This is helpful. I also test drove both. Living in the north, the only thing really holding me back is Mazda leaving off steering wheel heat in the US market (you can get it in Canada.) It bothers me more in principle than in practicality.

Christopher Deming I wish it had ventilated seats. It is hot down here in South Florida!

@@matthewvandenbosch5671 You like the size of the Jetta better but the Mazda quality and made in Japan obviously kick the Mexican Jetta.. then you SHOULD go drive the Mazda 6. It's probably the size for you and you can get the base model for under 20k.

George L most modern engines adjust to the fuel you put in. There is no real need to get for higher octane unless you are looking for a much higher performance

sap268 Most do, but not all. It is still very important. Furthermore, you will be seeing a reversal on DI engines soon, which will bring back higher compression engines that won’t run 87.

The Mazda CX-5 is the only mainstream vehicle I can think of that can take either fuel but gets about 30 more horses when fed preeminent fuel.

Joshua Rutter All Ford Ecoboosts can. Actually, any engine can. They adjust their ignition timing for the octane.

George L yes- I was just understand the question to be that which cars need the higher octane. But I follow.

Cruze is being discontinued

The Jetta is a 1.4 liter turbo, not naturally aspirated.

Matt Clark Hey thanks for letting me know, I should have paid better attention.

2019??? Well wait a couple more months and then the dealer or your mechanic will be your best friend also. VW helps you to improve your social skills as well.

We had a 1997 with 200K and no problems until then. I realize that was a long time ago and things have changed since then but, we expect the same now. **knock on wood**

@Kristina Picha _ Individual examples does not determine the overall quality of a brand. I am driving a Chevy Malibu, it has 205,000 miles on the and the engine did not even start burning oil yet. But this does not mean that GM is making engines as reliable and durable s Honda and Toyota. Because overall Chevy's are not much better than European brands in means of reliability.

I have had my 2019 jetta s (auto) for around 10 months now.My fuel economy varies from 37 to 42 depending on how I drive.I have put 33k miles so far without any issues😊

@Martin Koshy _And when did you start lying about your car?

His husband. He's talked about it in his livestreams

DangerousDan yeah I love the GLI Autobahn

Sorry-- that's auto break hold feature.

take a break and learn how to spell brake...

mrdirector61 the highest trim level does

Babs it’s something else. He loves the Mazda 3

It's in the description, and he says it several times in the video, both engines are turbocharged. VW doesn't offer a single naturally aspirated 4-cylinder in the United States anymore.

@@Trendyflute good deal, thanks for clearing that up for me!

It's true. You should also check out the interior space of the Fit. It almost doesn't make spatial sense given how small that car is.

Brycen Oen no keep your current Jetta

Administrator Yeah the GLI Autobahn!

Nissan has been dead for the past 3 years... It looks like they are doing their work aging tho!

Carista and OBD Eleven will disable the start/stop function.

Indeed.

Every review I've read or watched said the solid rear axle works fine and few people will notice the difference.

So does the Impreza

#RevengeOfTheShort

Getta phonebook. 😂

I think he's congested, it's spring in the US, I totally get it.

Ah yes I thought he had a cold as well.

Mine works fine..over 35,000 miles now.

Soon you will be fire farting yourself when you realize how screwed you are with this VW.

Huzeyfe Kiran heck no! We don’t know what centimeters are! We don’t get practice with metric here

I for one love land yachts because to me, they are cool and the interior space is nice for me, but I feel what you are saying here. Compact sedans have been getting bigger and bigger over the years. They don't really feel like compact sedans anymore. It was the same thing with midsize sedans... They got bigger and bigger until they are pretty much fullsize sedans but with the name of midsize. That is one of the reasons why, I think, fullsize sedans are dying

The Mazda3 just doesn't sell as well as the others

The Mazda3 just doesn't sell as well as the others

Interesting. They are pretty booming here in Canada

jetfowl doesn’t every auto stop start default to on? That’s due to EPA test requirements. If you want your car rated with auto stop start, rules say it must start up with it on.

My 19 jetta doesn't

A few points. First, all start/stop systems are not identical. The system in some vehicles cannot be disengaged at all. Further, some systems shut down auxiliary systems (e.g. heat/AC) when the stop/start system is engaged. Drivers of some brands complain there is hesitation or "jerkiness" in restarting the engine when pressure on the brake pedal is removed. And there are completely unconfirmed complaints that the systems place too much stress on the vehicle's starter. (This particular complaint ignores design changes in the starter that compensate for its more frequent use.) On my GTI the system can be engaged/disengaged easily with a button on the central console. (Some systems require a more complicated procedure via the infotainment screen.) If I don't want it available, defeating it when I start the car requires less than one second, much less than the time it takes for my cell phone, satellite radio, or nav system to be available. Auxiliary systems such as climate control , infotainment, etc. remain engaged with the engine turned off. And the system automatically disengages and restarts the engine if the drain on the battery is too great. In fact, there are times that the system is not engaged, even when requested, if the vehicle detects the battery drain is too great to maintain various auxiliary systems. Engine re-starts are virtually instantaneous and seamless, quicker than I can move my foot from the brake to the accelerator. I can hear the engine running when the system is disengaged. That's it. I typically don't bother to disengage the start/stop system. It results in a minor improvement in overall fuel economy but more important it reduces the air pollution I'm sharing with others when I'm waiting in line for my morning coffee. In fact, I've been the recipient of several appreciative comments from the attractive young ladies handing me my coffee that they appreciate me turning the engine off. (At my age getting an appreciative smile from an attractive young lady is a plus, in itself.) Finally, the video demonstrating that the automated emergency braking system is "buggy" is questionable, at best. I've never experienced anything remotely like the unneeded application of brakes on my GTI nor have I ever heard of it on any of the VW forums I frequent. That doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist so I did a more thorough google search and found that there have been a few (12) complaints about such behavior on the VW Atlas in the US and an article detailing one such case in Great Britain on a Tiguan. None for Jettas, or far more numerous Golfs. How come? Likely it's a combination of the higher ride heights of the Atlas and Tiguan (and therefore the height of the detector) and the particular environment in which the vehicles are driven. In the case of the Tiguan, for example, the couple who owned the car reported they were able to replicate the problem driving on the same stretch of road. No manufacturer claims that AEB is infallible. Curves and hills can fool the detector and those environments impact vehicles of different heights in different ways. But the much more serious problem than unneeded application of brakes is failure to detect an object in front of the vehicle and that is a problem most common among Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

jetfowl I just bought a 2019 Tiguan and I find the Auto Start/Stop to be useful and streamlined and don’t ever want to turn it off. And I don’t have the issues with premature breaking with breaking. I understand everyone has different desires. But why don’t you just turn off the auto start/stop right after you click your seat belt? Make it a routine.

@@2004cyrus The hysterical complaints about start/stop systems, especially in VW products, ranks just above the complaints that the volume knob does not turn independently of the logo on the center of the knob.

Karl P More like European reliability standards being lower than the expectations in the United States, mixed with higher maintenance/repair costs of European cars versus their American or Asian counterparts. European cars have never been known fir reliability in Asia or Europe either. They’re complex and more fun to drive, but reliable they are not.

Americans do more high speed driving than Europeans or Asians so they give us more powerful base engines than in other countries. Ironically, the company from the country with the Autobahn is not very good at this compared to the competition. For example, the Jetta has a turbo base compared to a NA in the Japanese competition. That alone will make them trail in reliability. The new Jetta also has transmission issues...I can't explain how they screwed that one up.

Joseph G That’s not a fact and not the reason. The actual reason is simple: we have much lower fuel prices. That allows us to drive larger and faster cars. It’s the same in Australia and the Middle East, where they don’t do nearly as much highway driving, but have the same cars and engines as in North America. Had it been due to highway driving, North America would have switched to Diesels LONG ago. You’d drive a tiny engine too, if you had to pay $10/gallon. To some degree, the culprit is also pollution. Europe and Japan are MUCH more densely populated than North America is and that creates a lot of smog. Their governments have been battling this by taxing imports and operations of larger engines, despite vehicle size. Thus, in most of Europe, driving a car that’s >1.6L in displacement is much more expensive. Japan too. This is hitting China now and they’re taxing anything over 1.5L. That’s why you now see most manufacturers turn to 1.5 or smaller engines, but adding turbos - China.

@@afcgeo882 That doesn't really explain why the exact same size car in Europe often gets a smaller engine though.

Joseph G I literally gave you TWO reasons for exactly that. Did you not read? 1. Fuel economy 2. Pollution

That is happening when every vehicle is redesigned unfortunately, while parking spaces stayed the same or even have gotten smaller.

I wonder if this is a programming problem that is easily fixed in minutes, or a fundamental design flaw. Until we know which it is, I would not consider a Jetta myself.

@@joa8593 If it could be fixed in minutes, I think they would have fixed it already.

In the real World, the Jetta will undercut the 3 by at least 5k. Jetta has a 8 speed modern Automatic, Mazda uses a 6 speed Automatic that is 12 years old, and the Jetta has much more efficient engine. Both have Torsion beam rear axles. The Jetta can hold it's own. It has it's niche buyers. Just like Mazda. Both are no threat to the Civic or Corolla. Forte is solid too.

pedro fernandez yeah, that’s the problem is that the Jetta cannibalized Passat sales

Well VW is not the only company that has lied to and/or hurt customers... Almost every company has done it at least once. Very less honesty in Business.

@@authenticmax6350 It's one thing to stretch the limits of EPA testing regime in one's favor, it's quite another to intentionally commit criminal fraud from the top the organization right down through the entire engineering organization. I'm with @ktpinnacle .

Of course. Ford with the Pinto and their trannys, Kia/Hyundai with their fuel economy claims, Toyota and unintended acceleration, GM with their ignitions . . . Maybe it's that when a manufacturer lies to a buyer, it is between them and the buyer. Bad enough, especially when it costs lives. But the VW lie, since it was regarding air quality, showed VW's contempt toward everyone.

@@alliejr Ah... maybe you're right.

@@ktpinnacle Well what do you think about Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Bentley that VW owns ?

Nissan's use Jatco transmission's. Toyota's use Aisin transmission's.

PDB Long Yes. There is one in my Tiguan too

Joseph G see I don’t want all that pricey electronic autonomous breaking crap added to my new card. Been driving 21 years and never read ended anyone

@@2004cyrus It's not in the car just for you. Wouldn't you feel better knowing the idiot tailgating you on the freeway has automatic breaking so he won't rear-end you if you need to slow down? It's like vaccinations, the more people have them the better off everyone is. Also, the majority of deaths are vulnerable road users who can't be made safer with airbags or crumple zones. If every car had AEB the rate of fatal accidents for these folks would fall dramatically.

Joseph G okay I can get behind that. Thank you