From the front…your new corporate nose straight off the euro-market Golf Estate. The rear end is a copy/paste job from Kia Optima, perhaps just a tiny bit edgier.

3 series copycat…..

Not bad overall. You can really see the CC influence in the profile. The rear looks a bit Audi/Kia Forte in nature, but since those have good designs it works. Glad to hear they may finally replace the 5 cyl.
AWD option could really help sell some cars too.

Up here in NY its more and more common to see the AWD versions of sedans.

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You must have not been in the VW loop – that’s the NA version of the Golf Wagon too, it’s been redone to look this way already for the 2010 MY and is already in showrooms.

@Welty Roundel ….. I don’t think so

Sois this just a facelift or are they doing more to it than what it looks? This is the most confusing thing ever! If they facelift it – look for the 2.5L to stay, if not, who knows. I somehow doubt this thing will be much different than the new Golf’s interior and engine options as the Wagon has already been redone.

As for the “cost-cutting measures may be obvious compared to the current Jetta” that’s scary…

One of the most forgettable designs I’ve ever seen. even more so than the new Subaru Legacy.

@Welty Roundel…. I think so

So technically this is the same build as the “new” mk6 golf. Same car new makeup.

DenverGuy, how ironic. I can think of many occasions when I’ve been under the influence of CC.

Looks a little too bland… and (as tough as it is to tell from a photo/rendering), it looks too darn big.

It should have more Passat CC influence, or better yet, more Scirocco influence in the styling department.
I also hope that it doesn’t get any bigger than the current model – some of us LIKE small cars. If we wanted a larger car, we’d get a Passat.

Hopefully they are a little off in this rendering and the actual car ends up looking better.

i like it, but the rear looks way better than the front in comparison to the old one. I wonder what the interior is going to look like?

I like the size of Jetta (a bit larger then Civic/Corolla/Mazda3) yet smaller then bigger siblings of theirs. \ I like this styling as well (I don’t like CC looks). However, did anyone drove Jetta? I hope they put some soul into that dead steering wheel. It’s more alive on a Penske rental truck. Completely dead in the center and you can turn 20 degrees any way before car acknowledges anything. And steering is the good future of this car! The bad one is that 5 cylinder engine that sounds and shakes worse then a diesel. Engine (and steering) is probably ok on roads in Mexico, where you can confuse all that commotion for road blemishes, but even in pothole covered NJ you can’t confuse that NVH with road bump(s).

Not really a fan of the tail… then again I wasn’t a fan of the MK5 Jetta at first either.

I don’t think this rendering is terribly accurate.. though the headlights and grille will most definitely follow the look of the new Golf and Golf/Jetta wagon, it’s obvious from the spy shots that the hoodline slope has been seriously flattened out, and the hood itself looks to have a fender wrapover cutline similar to that on the CC, Tiguan and Routan. I am also exremely hopeful that the rear is wrong too.. those taillights are straight off the Audi A4!

VW needs to either make the 2.5 litre gasoline engine more efficient (maybe with direct injection?) or ditch it for a new 4 cylinder if they are serious about competing in this segment.

im with zoom…Not at fan of that A4 tail. it looks great on the A$ …not on this jetta rendering. AND VW needs to made up their mind. Originally it was said the new jetta would be small than the current one to better compete with the Corolla/Civic. this piggy just keeps on growing. As for the rest of the design, Im glad its starting to look Euro again and not so Corolla ish.

boring

soooo…they went from Carolla tailights to BMW tailights.

The Jetta needs to be put on a diet, but what really sucks is that the new model looks kind of like the Gen 4 Jetta, which was kind of an anemic car compared with its current version. I prefer the Diesel model because of its better mileage.

Bigger bigger, bigger, VW sells its soul…

The illustration is a little bit off…

There is a pronounced “kink” (an almost “Hoffmeister”) of the rear quarter window (not that simulated Civic window) as based on this 8/28 spy pic showing most of the rear quarter window.

http://photos.leftlanenews.com/photos/imageresizeronfly/phpThumb.php?src=/photos/content/may2009/vw-jetta-828-6.jpg&w=900

all VW-s/Audis need a diet plan….with every generation they get fatter. I think thats why they chose to go back to the Golf name from teh Rabbit. Rabbit implies lean and athletic. Golf implies….a fat middle-aged man pretending like he can play a “sport” (golf).

I totally agree with the Kia/Audi esq lights in the back. They could do more to this car in profile though. And if VW knows whats good for them, they will NOT change the name of this car. Look what happened when they decided to change the name of the Golf to the Rabbit. The plan didn’t turn out the way they wanted it to. Anyhow, I have high hopes for V-dub

Good job LLN for the guesstimate. I think you’ve probably nailed it.

VW is not gonna go radical on is bread ‘n butter sedan.

Just wish they’d make an R32 version of it.

Now matter what VW makes, it will never be so bland and boring as a camry. VW will stay on top for a few years. But, toyota will have to change its whole line up of crap cars to even think about taking over VW again.

This new VW looks like a version of the A4.

i like

Hope you like your mechanic.

There are only two auto manufacturers, GM and everybody else…

GM. An American Revolution

“The Jetta needs to be put on a diet, but what really sucks is that the new model looks kind of like the Gen 4 Jetta, which was kind of an anemic car compared with its current version.”

Tell me swamprat, aside from the 2.slow base engine, what else was anemic about the Mk IV? As far as styling goes, I’m glad the rendering looks more like the Mk IV, as it has infinitely more character than the Mk V.

The Mk V looks like what it was intended to be – a Corolla Deluxe. (When compared to the Corolla it boasted a more powerful base engine, slightly better interior appointments, it was slightly better looking, and had a slightly higher price tag.)

On the other hand, the Mk IV was from a time that VW thought it could go upscale and compete as a Tier 1 luxury brand…effectively being the poor man’s BMW. Remember the Phaeton and W8 B5?

As time has shown, this strategy was not to be and the Mk V reflects this.

Uh, I thought it was a BMW 3-Series redesign when I first looked at that rear-end illustration.

BMW’s *ss

It looks really good compared to the Mk 5. Unless you are a troll or a dwarf no one over 5′5″ can fit in the current Jetta’s back seats if a 6′ plus person is up front. Sometimes bigger is better! Just dump the 5 cylinder and give us the TDI as the standard engine.