New Jetta.. girlish??

It's you (and other people like you, I suppose...) - or at least it's not me.

Some people think the Jetta you currently drive is a girly car (because most girls seem to love Jetta's - tho so do a lot of guys - the MK4 was definately a hip car to be driving)... The Mk5 seems to be only a less distinctively styled car - not gender specific. It looks more modern (and less tacky then a 2004/2005.0 Mk4 with all that slathered on chrome) and sophisticated...It's the damn rear lights that ruin it for me - if they were cool LED lights, like on the new Passat I could accept it, but the Chevy Impala fused with Toyota Corolla (I was in denial, but i'll admit it now) look is just UGLY - Why not copy a car with a nice looking rear end - like its competitor the Volvo S40, or keep with the roots of invidivual bars of lights for each function.

A "girl" car?? A car is a machine, not a person. I don't consider any car a "boy" car or a "girl" car, even if it wears a bra. ;>)

A "girl" car?? A car is a machine, not a person. I don't consider any car a "boy" car or a "girl" car, even if it wears a bra. ;>)

If anything, I'd say your '02 is more "girly"-looking than the new one. I'd also say that anyone who's buying *any* generation of Jetta based on looks is perhaps a bit misguided. It's never been exactly the most beautiful car in the world.

-- Mike Smith

doesn't look feminine or masculine to me. just kinda looks like a corolla. :)

well, maybe a high end corolla. as more of them hit the road and esp. after the next Passat comes here and I see them, I have a feeling the Jetta will no longer look like a corolla to me and more like any current VW product (I think my brain will quit making the corolla connection as time goes by).

I'd say a Corolla which is even worse - an 17 grand car compared to 13 grand car, ouch, what were they thinking? Their engineers/designers must have had their heads in a certain cavity.

I am also on my second Jetta (2003, TDI).

I actually saw the new one for the first time this morning while driving to work. I don't like it either. I would have to see it up close to determine it is looks like a female should be driving it. It does, however, upon first glance, looks like a Toyota. Jettas are supposed to be more blocky and "built".

I have read good things about the car but can't see this thing being a high seller. Hopefully I am wrong. Maybe the insides will win over the outside and the Asian-built car buyers will start buying it instead of the European-built car buyers. Yes, I know it is made in Mexico! :-)

Numan

I actually like the new design. Much bigger inside.

The major disappointment AGAIN is the base engine. It is a bit heavy, too (600lbs more than a Corolla I was told).

Cool. Thanks for the responses. I will have to get my Jetta looked at soon (a generic warning light is lit). When I say generic I mean the book says.. well the computer senses something is wrong.. What kind of crap warning light is that? I have no problems with my car right now and I am thinking the computer just hiccup'd. When I bring my car in I will get a closer look at the new Jettas.