2019 Jetta Sketches Show VW Face With Audi Booty
CARS.COM — Volkswagen released four sketches of the next-generation Jetta, slated to debut in full as a 2019-model-year redesign during January’s 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. If the sketches are any indication, the new Jetta combines a buttoned-down face — albeit with a taller, hexagonal grille instead of the current two-bar unit — with a tail that recalls the Audi A4 or A5.
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That’s to be expected, as the soup comes from the same kitchen (or the knockwurst comes from the same metzger, as it were) since Audi is a Volkswagen Group brand. Inside, a single interior sketch signals a progression from the wraparound dashboard in the current-generation Golf, which shares the new Jetta’s MQB platform, to a split-level design with a bit more layering. The gauge hood still extends high over the multimedia display — as opposed to the smaller hoods and pop-up displays in vogue these days — and the display itself appears to be a more integrated take on Volkswagen’s current (and excellent) touchscreen.
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Physical volume and tuning knobs are present — unless Volkswagen’s artists played a cruel trick on us. The sketched gauges appear virtual, a sign that the new Jetta may also offer Volkswagen’s Digital Cockpit instruments.
We know the 2019 Jetta’s primary engine is a turbocharged 1.4-liter four-cylinder, which served well in the outgoing generation. An eight-speed automatic replaces the prior six-speed unit, and it performed well in our drive of camouflaged preproduction cars. Stay tuned for more details when the Jetta shows up at the Detroit auto show; press days are Jan. 14-16.
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