Is it just me or does the new Jetta look like a girl car? I'm on my
second Jetta (2002) and I don't think ill make it to a third...

It's you (and other people like you, I suppose...) - or at least it's not
me.

Some people think the Jetta you currently drive is a girly car (because most
girls seem to love Jetta's - tho so do a lot of guys - the MK4 was
definately a hip car to be driving)... The Mk5 seems to be only a less
distinctively styled car - not gender specific. It looks more modern (and
less tacky then a 2004/2005.0 Mk4 with all that slathered on chrome) and
sophisticated...It's the damn rear lights that ruin it for me - if they were
cool LED lights, like on the new Passat I could accept it, but the Chevy
Impala fused with Toyota Corolla (I was in denial, but i'll admit it now)
look is just UGLY - Why not copy a car with a nice looking rear end - like
its competitor the Volvo S40, or keep with the roots of invidivual bars of
lights for each function.

Have you seen the crash ratings on that new Jetta!!! A full good rating on
all side impact categories (good overall, and best pick/top pick in class),
all goods and one marginal for the offset front (with good overall - the old
Jetta did better tho... was a best pick), and acceptable/good for the rear
impacts... All for a car costing 25 grand! - IIHS wishes other companies
were building cars this good!... It even beats the Volvo S40 I mentioned in
side impacts (tho it's a best pick in front/rear collisions, and acceptable
from the side) - hard to believe this isn't the car that is setting the bar.
<rennerp (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

A "girl" car?? A car is a machine, not a person. I don't consider any car a
"boy" car or a "girl" car, even if it wears a bra. ;>)

A "girl" car?? A car is a machine, not a person. I don't consider any car a
"boy" car or a "girl" car, even if it wears a bra. ;>)

In the context, the VW Cabrio was a girl car... it appealed mainly to women,
most guys I know think girls look "hot" driving certain cars... Celica's,
Cabrio's, Sunfire convertibles.
"Papa" <bikingis (AT) my (DOT) fun> wrote

rennerp (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

If anything, I'd say your '02 is more "girly"-looking than the new one.
I'd also say that anyone who's buying *any* generation of Jetta based
on looks is perhaps a bit misguided. It's never been exactly the most
beautiful car in the world.

--
Mike Smith

<rennerp (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

doesn't look feminine or masculine to me. just kinda looks like a corolla.


well, maybe a high end corolla. as more of them hit the road and esp. after
the next Passat comes here and I see them, I have a feeling the Jetta will
no longer look like a corolla to me and more like any current VW product (I
think my brain will quit making the corolla connection as time goes by).

And the Corolla will be due for a face lift... so you'll see the new Corolla
soon enough anyways.
"Matt B." <noway (AT) hellno (DOT) com> wrote

I'd say a Corolla which is even worse - an 17 grand car compared to 13
grand car, ouch, what were they thinking? Their engineers/designers must
have had their heads in a certain cavity.

<rennerp (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

I am also on my second Jetta (2003, TDI).

I actually saw the new one for the first time this morning
while driving to work. I don't like it either. I would have
to see it up close to determine it is looks like a female
should be driving it. It does, however, upon first glance,
looks like a Toyota. Jettas are supposed to be more
blocky and "built".

I have read good things about the car but can't see this
thing being a high seller. Hopefully I am wrong. Maybe
the insides will win over the outside and the Asian-built
car buyers will start buying it instead of the European-built
car buyers. Yes, I know it is made in Mexico! :-)

Numan