VOLKSWAGEN JETTA

Last Generation: 1999 - 2004
Current Generation: 2005 - Present

While the last-generation Jetta’s simple forms, clean bodysides and rounded wheel arches screamed class-above European refinement, the current Jetta was a step in the wrong direction. The chrome grille, larger proportions, and bloated design even strikes us as a bit derivative-Japanese from certain vantage points.