I bought the 2003 Wolfsburg Edition as my first car and i find it to be an extraordinary car. Hearing my turbo hiss as i speed along the street is sublime. The only complaint i have is that the car is ...

Sometimes it only takes one ride in a certain car to get you hooked; some might call it love at first sight. For Jeff Lochkart, that car was a colleague's VW Jetta. "When I was in the Navy I had a ...

I think it's fair to say that I've been a closet Volkswagen fan for the better part of my life. I have admired the fine German engineering from afar, but unfortunately have never become too intimate ...

It’s ridiculous to compare the current generation of one car to another car three generations older—in this case, my 2015 Subaru WRX and my 2003 Volkswagen Jetta Smyth Ute donor. The WRX is 12 years ...

Everyone needs car-buying advice once in awhile--even the leader of an electric-car advocacy group. Richard Kelly--the president of Plug-In America--has now put almost 200,000 miles on his 2003 ...

Jose A Soto Cora is a full-time chemist and US Navy officer. Although he currently resides in Virginia, he spent most of his life in Puerto Rico - the island in the Caribbean roughly the size of ...

There’s no arguing that American and Japanese manufacturers build some very satisfying sporty sedans, but for sheer driving satisfaction, the Europeans continue to lead. Case in point: The 2003 ...

rough around the edges, our 2003 Volkswagen Jetta is back on the road in its new ute form thanks to the Smyth Performance kit. I’ve taken a break from working on it and have been enjoying driving it ...

Preface: everything I know about cars I learned in The Lounge by reading random threads. I don't had a driver's license, I don't own a car (never did). My gf loves her Jetta, so she just bought a new ...

We bought our stick shift TDI Jetta station wagon in 2003. It was a great car for most of those years. We’ve had to replace the clutch once. We bought leather seats and they have really held up quite ...