Welcome to the Official Informational Website for the Bosch Settlement. 327.5 million settlement has been reached with Bosch, the supplier of the emissions software that was installed in some 2.0-liter and 3.0-liter Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesel vehicles. The Bosch Settlement follows similar settlements with Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche (called the 鈥?.0-liter Settlement鈥?and the 鈥?.0-liter Settlement鈥? or together, the 鈥淰W Settlements鈥?. The Bosch Settlement is in addition to the VW Settlements and provides additional compensation to vehicle owners, former owners, lessees and former lessees, including reseller dealers, who filed or will file approved claims in the VW Settlements. The Bosch Settlement also provides the opportunity for compensation to VW Class Members who opted out of or who are otherwise not participating in the VW Settlements. If you filed or choose to file a claim in the VW Settlements, you do not need to file a claim in the Bosch Settlement. If your VW Settlement claim is approved, you will automatically receive a check in the mail from the Bosch Settlement. If you do not file a claim in the VW Settlements, or if you chose to opt-out of either or both of them, you still can file a separate claim in the Bosch Settlement. For more information about this Bosch Settlement visit the Frequently Asked Questions page of this website.
For 2019, the Golf ditches its more powerful 1.8-liter in favor of the 1.4 as well, although you can still get the 1.8 in the all-wheel-drive version of the Golf SportWagen and in the Golf Alltrack. The new Jetta gets upgraded gearboxes: a new automatic with eight gears rather than six, and a slick six-speed manual that replaces the commodity-car five-speed. Fuel economy grows by as much as 7 mpg, with all Jettas now hitting 30 mpg in the city according to the EPA. Sadly, the manual is available only on base S-trim cars, with other trims, including the R-Line, getting the automatic. The manual's 40-mpg EPA highway estimate beats the automatic's by 1 mpg, but we did dramatically better in our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test, in which the manual-equipped Jetta delivered a whopping 48 mpg. The automatic car managed 43 mpg in the same test. The Jetta feels punchy, with excellent throttle response and virtually no turbo lag.
If you boot it off the line, even the automatic-equipped car will squeal its front tires and trip the traction control. However, a clean launch with the eight-speed produces only a 7.7-second zero-to-60-mph time, merely average for the class. We managed to drop a tenth with the six-speed by launching at moderate revs and managing the resultant wheelspin. At 7.7 seconds, the 2018 Golf with the 1.8-liter wasn't any quicker, although it was more fun to explore the upper reaches of its tachometer, where its bigger engine shone. Unsurprisingly, the 2019 Golf with the same 1.4-liter and eight-speed automatic as the Jetta did 7.6 seconds. Revving beyond 5000 in the Jetta yields no reward, aural or otherwise, and the automatic will grab a higher gear by 6000 rpm anyway. Run the manual that high and the little four complains loudly, vibrating the steering column. And although you can shift the eight-speed automatic yourself, this transmission favors smooth over snap.
Indeed, smooth is the Jetta's mien; it's a yacht rocker rather than a hard rocker. It is noticeably and measurably quieter than the Golf. Also softer, with more body roll and less feedback through the steering and chassis. But otherwise the siblings drive and ride similarly, with a light steering weight and good impact absorption. The new Jetta uses the same front struts and steering system as the Golf, although Volkswagen reverted to a rear torsion beam for the Jetta. In a small concession to sportiness, R-Line models get brake-based torque vectoring. Bridgestone Ecopia EP422 Plus tires shunt steering feel but don't keep the Jetta R-Line from matching the Golf's 0.83-g roadholding and the Jetta S from surpassing it with 0.85 g in lateral grip. The first Jetta we tested did poorly in braking, taking 191 feet to stop from 70 mph, which puts it at the back of the compact segment. But we've tested three more Jettas since then and found that the manual Jetta's 183-foot stop is far more representative of the set.
