2024 VW Jetta Sport 6-Spd MT / A Great Distraction 

Last year my sister needed a new car and her budget was $20-23K. She looked at used Civic's, Mazda3's and new Jetta Sports. Ended up in this exact car (Sport 6MT), as it was the best value. 3 yr old Civic's and Mazdas with 30K + miles were going for about $21k. She seems to like it and it has been a good car for her.

I just traded in my 2016 GTI with 212K for a new ‘24 Sport. What a great value! So far I love it.

After owning Toyotas I've come to expect flawless reliability for the first five years at an absolute minimum. Even in return for a better car at a better price, I can't go back.

Really liked how you dug into the reliability section 👍🏿

With the manual, it can easily get close to 50 mpg on the highway. It has lots of great features, and it’s significantly cheaper than competitors.

Just got my 5th straight Jetta lease. I've had NO issues with any of them. None. BTW, love the heated seats. And the leather steering wheel.

I actually bought a 2023 Jetta Sport 6-Speed in white and had it for about 5 months while I waited for my GR Corolla allocation.😂

These are great cars for a first time buyers or for using up miles on. I had the 2019 model and it wasn’t bad. One thing about these VWs is the depreciation and they don’t keep their value at all. So if you’re going to get one you may as well drive it til it breaks. For the price of the car it does come with some pretty good features.

a big take away for anyone shopping this is the ACC can be had with the manual & some other auto journalist were able to achieve 50mpg on a mpg loop... thats a pretty stellar figure. I am concerned about reliabilty/safety as others have mentioned. I wonder if VW will keep with the jetta or drop it giving the brands tragectory towards EV. im currently trying to get out of my MK8 GTI and may end up with one of these. thanks for the review man. been a long time viewer.

My Grandma Has The 2019 The S Version With No Manual Transmissions Are The Pure White I Loved The Volkswagen Jettas.

This is a lot of car for the $$$. I'd gamble on VW reliability w/ the 4yr50K full warranty. Even the base 'S' model around 22K has most of these features and no silly bottom end hub caps. The Kia/Hyundai, Civic, and Corolla 2.0 N/A base engines felt SO slow compared w/ this base 1.5T. It felt underrated in power and gets incredible mileage if you stay off the boost. I haven't bought yet, but w/ target price of 22-24K, this is at top of my list if I go new.

if I had a long ass commute, I'd probably buy one of these to eat miles

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I was a huge VW fanboy for 2 decades, sadly VW is a far cry from what they were prior to 'Dieselgate'. Its Toyota/Lexus, Mazda and Honda for me, less owership headaches and there are entertaining options again.

7:03 I have SE 2011 Jetta 2.5 MT. The suspension is definitely not sporty. Some new struts and an eibach prokit....now it's an SE

I own a 2024 6 speed manual jetta its great nice handling peppy good gas mileage. 23k out the door down payment 4k finance 19k for this gem is nice. My first European car so far so good. I enjoy manual cars and you just cant find them anymore.

I have a 23 Jetta sport. I’ve driven stick since I had a permit and the rpm hang time when shifting is terrible. Otherwise I get 50 mpg in eco so what is there to really complain about?

..this must before they swapped to those stupid capacitive buttons.. I had a 2014 Fusion and.. ugh... course I hear they could be switching back but could be wrong. The Direction injection engines still worry me, mostly with Carbon build up on the valves.

I like a lot about the Jetta, but I’d rather have a naturally aspirated 2 liter and analog gauges.

Genuinely, the interior on the new Jetta is the one that the new Golf R should have gotten. The GLI uses the exact same engine and transmission and its significantly cheaper. There really is no need to buy a new Golf R with the Jetta GLI around. At its price point the Audi S3, functionally the same as the Golf R except the body style, is infinitely better in every single way.

6-speed transmission aka the gen-Z anti-theft device!

Where is Tyler? Haven't seen anything uploaded recently. Fun fact: I thought all this time it was "Realstick" instead of "Realistick."

The base Jetta stereo's sound quality is laughably bad. Like, cheap RCA clock radio bad.

Was considering a Jetta but man, they really did quite bad on the newest IIHS crash tests. The new tests are pretty stringent, but still not too many vehicles did worse on things like rear passenger safety (pretty important if one has kids). The Audis did fine, which I think is telling about VW/audi. I’m sure this is all due in part to the Jetta being very old, structurally. But it doesn’t inspire confidence. Thank you for mentioning it. Few reviewers do.

Local VW dealer just told me 2024 will be the last year of Jetta manuals. Test drove one, the new car feels inferior to the 6spd MK4 I had; imprecise throws, awkward gear ratios, terrible rev hang. At least the clutch is easy to modulate. Definitely won't miss it - I'd rather drive auto than a half-assed manual.

This or Civic Hatchback Sport MT?

Isnt there a tsb out for the head gasket in 1.5T engine? Coolant leaking issues?

Cloth seats = Meh. VW should have kept the R-Line, which, in addition to its V-Tex seats, was the only good-looking MK7 Jetta (until the 2025 facelift, of course).

The sport badge on the B pillar is cheesy. It's a manual. It's great. Leave it at that. VW is riddled with software problems. Thank you for your honest review.

Biggest conundrum is: The Hondas and Mazdas drive like TRASH compared to the VW. It really is a shame about VW reliability since it drives better than almost every car in (or near) its class.

2.5L Turbo? It’s a 1.5L!

but is it really 158hp

Probably made in Mexico and not Germany right?

I love looking at new cars with fancy features. But I love my old reliable car with no payment even more.

VW has so many electrical and software problems, I wouldn't even lease one. As someone who works in the industry, it's one of those brands I have seen so many people have issues with consistently, especially on new models. I would never recommend one (any model) or own/lease one myself.

The Jetta is enticing for purchase but reliability is iffy and somewhat of a turn off. A pity! If only VW improved on their reliability issues, but I think they unfortunately won't! 👎 ♐

VW entices with standard features and a lower base price, not to mention, borderline mid-sized proportions, but do your research when comparison shopping in its class. VW gets your attention with the price, but unless you secure your own car loan with a "good" interest rate, VW Credit will sock you with higher than average rates, and then the stealership adds their own points to the interest rate because their legally allowed to. VW currently is does not have any special lease deals or interest rates deals on the Jetta. It's a cash cow for them, but the Jetta has poor resale value, so unless you get a substantially better monthly payment, it may be prudent to look elsewhere.

People will fight to buy a used Honda or Toyota, you can't give used VW away for free.

Cheap stick shift. Im down.

Volkswagen hasn’t made a car worth buying since the 1967 model year.