2015 Volkswagen Jetta unveiled

The Volkswagen Jetta has been the Volkswagen group’s best selling car for a few years now with over 9.25 lakh units sold in 2013 alone. Made since 1979, the Jetta has sold over 14 million units so far. Coincidentally, the Jetta was also the first car Volkswagen officially sold in India. The new 2015 model year Jetta, unveiled at the 2014 New York Auto Show should make its way to India by the end of the year.

On the design front, the Jetta now looks much closer to its bigger sibling, the Passat. The new 2015 Volkswagen Jetta features a redesigned radiator grille with three distinctive chrome cross fins. The Jetta also gets a new bumper and optional Bi-Xenon headlamps with Volkswagen’s Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS).  The headlamps also incorporate the new daytime running lights incorporating 15 LEDs each arranged in a distinctive L-style pattern. The bumper also incorporates a larger air intake, which in turn makes the Jetta look wider and more substantial than it is. On the rear end, the bumpers, tail lights and the logo have been slightly redesigned. LED tail lamps are now available on the higher spec models.

The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta continues to offer four different 4-cylinder petrol engines.  The 2.0-liter naturally aspirated engine, a 1.8-litre turbocharged engine, 2.0-litre turbocharged engine and a 1.4-liter turbocharged powerplant with a full hybrid version. There is also a new 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine. The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta also incorporated a new dynamic radiator shutter on the engine, which helps shorten the warm-up phase of the engine by reducing the airflow. This helps drastically cut down on emissions and also reduced the wear on the engine in cold-start conditions

On the Interior front, updates to the 2015 Volkswagen Jetta are subtle. On mid- and high-level trims, the dash, gauges can now framed in chrome, with a multifunction display nestled in between. The 2015 Jetta sports several optional new features based on trim; a new multifunction steering wheel, redesigned air vent controls, piano black accents on the center console and around the gear shift lever, new chrome accents around the dual-zone climate control, ambient lighting and new fabric colors and designs for the seats.

As we mentioned earlier, we expect the new facelifted 2015 Volkswagen Jetta to be available in India by the end of the year and to cost between Rs 14-19 lakh (ex-showroom). The new Jetta will go up against the likes of the Skoda Octavia, the Hyundai Elantra and the recently launched Renault Fluence facelift.