Walter de'Silva, Volkswagen's chief designer, is wasting no time deploying his new styling language across the VW lineup. After the debut of the Golf VI, VW needed to pull the Golf Variant—known in the U.S. as the Jetta SportWagen—forward to match the base model's new looks. VW is now launching the new Golf Variant in Europe, and its new nose (if not its powertrain lineup) will transfer to the U.S. later this year.
The Jetta Plays Golf
The new Golf Variant, aka Jetta SportWagen, is fitted with the front end of the Golf VI. This successful operation replaces the current headlights and the vertical, glitzy chrome grill with a much cleaner headlight-grille arrangement that emphasizes horizontal lines. And the interior is 100-percent Golf VI, fitted with premium materials and comfortably ahead of its class. But neither the side view nor the rear is changed significantly. The taillights are darker, the rear bumper is now body-colored, and the exhaust pipe is made visible in TDI and TSI trim—that's it.
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