Germany can claim many things about their cars over the years. Among them are the durability, dependability, and outstanding color schemes. The 2007 Volkswagen Jetta GLI, Fahrenheit edition is among them. One of the latest upgrades in VW Sedans, the GLI has been said to give an impressive performance. With decent gas mileage and incredible space, as well as it's incredible handling, it's no wonder they released the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Fahrenheit edition, and so naming it the "Fahrenheit" edition. There is nothing to suggest that this limited edition car will crash and burn anytime soon. Why settle for the standard, when you can have a limited edition? With the 2007 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Fahrenheit edition, you know that you have a limited edition, mostly because it says so on the steering wheel. The German made sports sedan is a little over fourteen feet long and about five feet wide with approximately sixteen cubic feet of interior storage space.
The "outstanding color scheme" is black on yellow. Almost completely yellow exterior and almost completely black interior, except for the stitching on the steering wheel, gear shifter, and dash board, giving a nice color contrast. Making room in the drivers seat is easy enough. Not only do the seats adjust up and down and forward and back, but the steering wheel tilts up and down as well as telescopes in and out. Its interior height is about thirty-eight inches tall giving ample head room. The GLI Fahrenheit boasts a 200 Horsepower turbo engine and offers a choice between the six-speed manual or the six-speed "direct shift gearbox" automatic transmission for optimal shifting. To make the driver and the front passenger comfortable while riding, the seats in the Fahrenheit are heated sports seats with height and lumbar adjustment. The back seats are divided and provide access to the trunk. The 2007 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Fahrenheit will get, on average, between twenty-three and twenty-five miles per gallon in city driving and about thirty-two miles per gallon on the highway, according to the EPA. It comes standard with eighteen inch wheels and a sunroof as well as a six-disc remote change CD player with satellite radio optional from Monsoon and a compass just in case you get lost. Volkswagen improved the handling by practically eliminating the tendency for the car to pull to one side during hard acceleration. It also has a traction control system that, if you lose traction and under steer, automatically shuts the acceleration off. The GLI Fahrenheit is everything that you would want out of a German car. It can be said that there is nothing like it on the market.
The Highline spec is the one that gets the best of the lot. The car has a CD player, climate control, electric mirrors, remote locking, alloy wheels, a trip computer, ABS and two airbags but no aux-in port. The entry level Trendline is priced well but it comes at the cost of some poor equipment and as of now there is no middle-of-the-road Comfortline variant that gives the best of both the worlds. On the whole the Vento is really tempting to splurge on. For a car at its price range you will fall in love with the solid build quality, the huge under tones giving it that class and maturity and then there is the diesel engine. The Vento prices start from Rs 6.99 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) for the Trendline petrol and go on to Rs 9.23 lakh for the Highline diesel. The highlights of the car are the amazing ride quality, space for everyone and everything, comfortable seats for smoother journey and neat handling which responds well to your commands. The brickbats come in the form of some Lazy gearbox, lack of USB port and aux.
The Jetta shares much of its underpinnings with the Rabbit/GTI hatchbacks. It sits between the Rabbit and Passat in Volkswagen鈥檚 lineup. The Jetta is the only nonluxury German small sedan and wagon for sale in the U.S., and it offers a stiff chassis, sporty handling, and clean styling inside and out. The Jetta SportWagen鈥攖hat鈥檚 VW-speak for station wagon鈥攊s new this year. Both body styles are available in S, SE, and SEL trims. All sedans and S and SE wagons use a 170-hp five-cylinder engine. All S and SE Jettas can be had with a five-speed manual or an optional six-speed automatic transmission with manual shift mode, and the SEL sedan is automatic only. The inline-five returns fuel economy of 20 mpg city/29 mpg highway with the automatic and 21/30 with the manual. If you want more punch for your Jetta, step up to the 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline four-cylinder, which pumps out 200 hp and 207 lb-ft of torque.
It鈥檚 a wonderfully responsive engine, and it鈥檚 available in the Jetta GLI鈥攂asically, a sedan version of the much loved, 10Best-winning GTI鈥攁nd the SEL trim level of the SportWagen. Transmission options include a six-speed manual and an optional six-speed dual-clutch automated manual (called DSG) with launch control. The punchy turbo four is relatively economical, too, with fuel economy coming in at 21/31 in manual form and 22/29 with the DSG. In its most recent comparison test appearance, a Jetta GLI placed first in a pack of fun-to-drive, everyday sedans, beating the likes of the Acura TSX, Honda Accord, Mazdaspeed 6, and Pontiac G6. With a 0-to-60-mph time of 6.4 seconds, the GLI is easily the quickest of the Jettas, and its sporty suspension won our praise in the twisty bits. Returning for 2009 is the diesel-fueled Jetta TDI, which is available as a sedan or wagon. The TDI packs a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine that produces 140 hp and an impressive 236 lb-ft of torque.
