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#4 ·
The bottom valences would look better unpainted, just like they did from 2008+. It would save money, and the car wouldn't look as bloated. The MKV Jetta looks a hell of a lot better from the rear with that bottom portion not being painted color match.

I don't think they designed the MKVI in such a way that it would be able to work from the front though. :(
 
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i went to the dealer to give the new jetta a shot, and see how it was in person.... maybe id like it better....

BUT wow.... it let me down.... it looks better in pictures than in person :banghead:
 
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JC593 said:
it looks better in pictures than in person :banghead:
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Haven't taken a close look in person yet, but damn that's rough because I've always thought cars looked better in person than in pics.

On the brighter side, all these negative opinions are coming from VW enthusiasts with a pre-conceived notion of how they should look. Maybe to the average consumer the Jetta will hit all the strong points VW was aiming for. I mean, for the most part people don't know what they like but like what they know and if it looks like everything else maybe more people will dig it.
 
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HF07 said:
Haven't taken a close look in person yet, but damn that's rough because I've always thought cars looked better in person than in pics.

On the brighter side, all these negative opinions are coming from VW enthusiasts with a pre-conceived notion of how they should look. Maybe to the average consumer the Jetta will hit all the strong points VW was aiming for. I mean, for the most part people don't know what they like but like what they know and if it looks like everything else maybe more people will dig it.
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oh VW doesnt care what we enthusiasts have to say about the jetta, they copied what made toyota or Honda top sellers in the states, a simple, boring design, to attract the average consumer, to make the $$, which in a business sense is a great strategy, if you cant beat em, join em. and i have nothing against that move.

but if they were to get rid of the GTI or GLI and what makes VW a VW... then we got a problem, jettas were never really a big hit anywhere but america.
 
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In skateboarding we have the phrase "core is poor." Sadly, this mentality is strong in every industry you can think of. Sucks how watering things down for the masses is the only business strategy you see these days. Must be why I'm not rich yet. :(

edit: For as long as I can remember the Koreans have been biting German styling. Now that Kia and Hyundai are blowing up it's disappointing to see VW playing the competitor's game.
 
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HF07 said:
Haven't taken a close look in person yet, but damn that's rough because I've always thought cars looked better in person than in pics.

On the brighter side, all these negative opinions are coming from VW enthusiasts with a pre-conceived notion of how they should look. Maybe to the average consumer the Jetta will hit all the strong points VW was aiming for. I mean, for the most part people don't know what they like but like what they know and if it looks like everything else maybe more people will dig it.
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The real danger is that VW alienates its existing customer base (i.e. us) and fails to attract new customers. Then where do they go? We'll have moved on to something else (perhaps the Koreans, or Fiat, or even the American cars).
 
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akuska said:
The real danger is that VW alienates its existing customer base (i.e. us) and fails to attract new customers. Then where do they go? We'll have moved on to something else (perhaps the Koreans, or Fiat, or even the American cars).
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Thats what scares the crap out of me. HOWEVER, if things dont go according to plan they have redealy available parts to make it right (soft touch dash, dic brakes, IRS are part of the european Jetta)

The way I see if is if VW can make money on this Jetta and make their US operation profitable maybe we can get cars like the Scirocco over here so lets hope their gamble paids off
 
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NewsJunkie said:
I couldn't disagree more. The MKV has terrible proportions.

VW is back to the boxy, well-proportioned Jetta. At least in terms of looks, the MKVI is the worthy successor to the MKIV.
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Everybody has their own opinion. I haven't driven the new Jetta, or even seen one in person yet, but one look tells me it is exactly the sort of car I don't care about. Even my wife, who walked into the dealership wanting a 2010 Jetta before I convinced her to go with the GTI, took one look at the new Jetta, and said "ew, it doesn't even look like a VW." I am fully aware of the fact that these are more the kind of proportions Americans like, but they have just never been my cup of tea.
 
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VW is back to the boxy, well-proportioned Jetta. At least in terms of looks, the MKVI is the worthy successor to the MKIV.
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I totally agree with you here.

There were two of the old and new parked side by side at my dealer today in the same color. My first thought was that, next to the MkVI, the Jetta V looks a hell of a lot like this...

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I'm not up for debating the interior because I didn't get in the new car, but all I'm saying is that the Jetta VI does look a heck of a lot more upscale than the old model did, particularly from the front and from the side. The rear of the new car is Audi-ish, but it would have looked a lot less Korean if if the rear bumper had a separate, black valance and if the bumper's shape wasn't quite so bloated--it should be chiseled and inward-angled, not bloated and angled outward.

And about the front end styling and the comparison to the Kia Optima refresh... VW had penned the Golf VI's thin, horizontal, black grille at about the same time as Kia with no objection from the Golf/GTI fanboys, mainly because that grille style is classic water-cooled VW. The only difference between the Golf that no Vortex enthusiast would compare to the Optima and the Jetta is that the Jetta has square headlights, which, coincidentally, every enthusiast has begged for since 2005.5. Just another example of VW granting us wishes and enthusiasts denying that they ever asked for it and instead of being happy, ripping VWoA a new one by bastardizing the Jetta VI with Kia emblems. Way to go. Go ahead and pop one on your beloved Golf too, while you're at it, because it's just a few curves in the headlights away from the Optima too.

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Because of the sickening double standard that exists here between the Golf and Jetta, I've illustrated this for everyone. Pardon my MS Paint skills... you get the idea.

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I'm one of those rare people that like the look of the new Jetta (the exterior anyway). I always felt like the front and rear of the Jetta V looked mismatched as if they were from two completely different cars. After seeing all the comparison pics I still like the front of the new Jetta better (except dead on) but prefer the rear of the Jetta V. I think the front would look a lot better with the Xenon/LED headlamps off the NCC though. Still not sure what to make of the front lip that appears designed to cut the legs off of pedestrians.
 
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