2019 Volkswagen Jetta - Test Drive & Review
The all-new 2019 Volkswagen Jetta delivers impressive and intuitive technology, increased and upscale interior space, performance and much more. Not to mention it looks fantastic! iDriveSoCal’s Professor, Clinton Quan, picked one up from our friends at Ontario Volkswagen – hear his complete analysis in this iDSC Podcast.

 
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Recording date – June 6, 2018 at in Los Angeles, CA

Clinton Quan: it's got a different engine now. Very smooth, brisk acceleration. It feels a lot more premium compared to the previous Jetta, especially with that virtual dash, everything is right there at your fingertips, so it makes it really, really easy to operate.

Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility from the automotive capital of the United States; Southern California. Tom Smith here with the professor, Mr. Clinton Quan. Say hello, Clinton.

Clinton Quan: Hi, Tom.

Tom Smith: And today ... Hello, how are you?

Clinton Quan: Good.

Tom Smith: And today, we are talking about our good friends out at Ontario Volkswagen in the Los Angeles suburb of Ontario, California. Specifically, a vehicle review. The 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. Now, to clarify before we throw it over to the professor; the 2018 Jetta GLI, we just reviewed about a month, two months ago.

Clinton Quan: Yes.

Tom Smith: So, that is the enthusiast's version, right?

Clinton Quan: Correct.

Tom Smith: And as we discussed there, and I think in subsequent podcasts since, the Jetta was just completely redone. So this is an all-new Jetta.

Clinton Quan: This is in the 2019-

Tom Smith: All-new Jetta. And-

Clinton Quan: The seventh generation.

Tom Smith: Seventh generation, and the enthusiasts' seventh generation, the GLI. We're under the impression that Volkswagen is going to be putting that out. They haven't announced that yet, but they're going to be putting that out, probably in the next year.

Clinton Quan: Probably next year-ish.

Tom Smith: What have you. But so, this review is the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta. Take it away, professor.

Clinton Quan: I drove the top-line trim, which is the SEL premium and for the 2019 Jetta, there are five trims.

Tom Smith: Yeah.

Clinton Quan: You have the S, which is the base trim; which starts at about $19,000. Then you have what I call the "mid-level trim", the SE.

Tom Smith: Okay.

Clinton Quan: Around $22,000.

Tom Smith: All right.

Clinton Quan: Then you have a special sport trim that's called the "R-line".

Tom Smith: Yeah.

Clinton Quan: That's about $23,000. Then you've got the ... You could call it the top-line, the SEL. That's about $24,000. Then you have this new luxury, premium top-of-the-line SEL Premium, which is about $27,000.

Tom Smith: And that's what you drove. So you drove all the bells and whistles.

Clinton Quan: Yes. It's got the virtual dash, so it's very Audi-esque like.

Tom Smith: Yeah.

Clinton Quan: So I think that's available in both the SE and ... The SEL and the SEL Premium, which is the one I drove.

Tom Smith: And so, just a quick plug also for some of ... So, Clinton and I review a lot of vehicles, and Clinton's an enthusiast. But if you wanted to hear from an every day driver, we were out at the Jetta Launch Party at Ontario Volkswagen. I guess this is about a month-ish ago. We did some reviews with various customers that were coming in just to drive for the Launch Party.