 If you're new to this channel, I am GoPony and I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube and today we are in the brand new 2024 Volkswagen Jetta courtesy of Faulkner Volkswagen in Mechanicsburg PA. For more information on their inventory, please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so today we are in the brand new 2024 Jetta because of course it has a legendary name. It's actually been in the US since 1979, believe it or not. You get two years or 20,000 miles of complimentary maintenance. You get an above average four year or 50,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty as well. And there is some new standard safety for the 2024 Jetta as well. So that is pretty cool. So ultimately in this video, we'll be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering for a ride quality, sound system exhaust, all that fun stuff. So having said all that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. As you can imagine, there are several different trim levels for the 2024 Jetta. First one being the S starting at $21,435 which is a $1,020 bump from 2023. In case you were curious, there is the sport going for $22,585 SE for $24,875 and lastly the SEL being the one we are in today starting at $28,825. But regardless of trim level that you go with, the power plant on the Jetta is going to be the same. Powering the beast is a 1.5 liter turbocharged four cylinder putting out 158 horsepower, 5,500 RPM, 184 pound feet of torque coming in at right around 1700 RPM. Power center the front wheels through a six speed manual or an eight speed automatic. We do have the eight speed automatic with this here today. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately seven seconds flat. Top speed if you're interested, 128 miles per hour with MPG numbers coming in at 30 in the city, 41 on the highway. Regardless of not whether you go with the manual or the automatic taking regular unleaded fuel. And so before we do any kind of fun acceleration tests here in our Jetta, I wanted to mention to you guys the drive modes. There's a button called mode located just to the left of the shifter. If you were to press that, that's going to give you eco, normal, sport and custom justing things like the shift points, the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. So now I haven't got all of that out of the way. What do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put our 2024 Jetta here to the test and let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right you guys, I do have it in sport driving mode. Let's do this here in three, two, one, go. I'm spinning baby. Not that bad on the turbo laggy. They're surprisingly typically I always say there's some sort of turbo lag with turbocharged force owners. This one was not that bad actually. There was a good bit of initial power there. And like I said, I was even slipping a little bit. It is a cold day, but still plenty of power here in the Jetta. You're absolutely not going to be disappointed with that. That was kind of fun. But anyways, two go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So up front, you will find 11.3 inch ventilated front discs in the back, 10.7 inch solid rear discs. As far as that's six easier stopping distance goes, that comes in at 127 feet. As far as braking feel goes, it's okay. It's just okay. It's pretty much par for the course. It's average. It's not a super firm braking feel. It's definitely not a soft braking feel either. So that's why I kind of say it's just pretty much as you would expect the Jetta to brake like. But then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're going to get a McPherson's front suspension in the back, torsion beam rear axle, also a front stabilizer bar. Then if you were to go with that sport trim level, you're also going to get an XDS cross differential system as well, which is meant to improve handling and traction. So overall, as far as ride quality goes, that has been perfectly fine in my short little test drive here today. So definitely no issues there. As far as steering feel goes, I got it in that normal driving mode right now. It's okay. It's a little bit on the heavier side. So let me just switch it up to sport, see if it makes a difference. It's kind of the same. So it's pretty much fine. It does lean a little bit on the heavier side of things. It's not a loosey-goosey steering feel, but it's not the heaviest steering feel either. So again, pretty much par for the course. As far as cabin noise goes, we're going two miles per hour right now. It's great. Now honestly, you do get a little bit of road noise. The wind noise is definitely held at best and no issues there. But as you would expect, you do get a little bit of road noise at higher speeds in the Jetta. But for me personally, I'm not going to have any issues with that. But touching on visibility, I can see 100% perfectly fine out of my rear view mirror. The rear headrest aren't too big. So because of the shape of the sedan, you certainly shouldn't have any issues there. But check this out. Newly standard for 2024, you now get rain-sensing windshield wipers. So every single trim level is going to get them. So speaking of forward visibility, whenever this thing detects any kind of mist or rainfall, it's automatically going to turn on this windshield wipers for you just like automatic headlights. It's just one less thing you got to worry about. Better help keeping your attention on actually enjoying the drive here in the Jetta. But that pretty much runs off the performance segment of this review, guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 Volkswagen Jetta. All right. So here she is, you guys, the new 2024 Volkswagen Jetta, finished in platinum gray metallic. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name. But I think it looks pretty darn good. Anyways, as always, let's go ahead and start with where the Jetta is made. Take a look at the bin. First character is the number three, indicating that the new 2024 Jetta is built and assembled in Mexico. As a lot of them are, actually, I've been noticing, but let's go ahead and start up front on this one. LED reflector headlights coming with the S Sport and SE trim levels, but then LED projector headlights coming with the SEL. To put it simply, that just means that the light is going to project out a little bit further. You're going to get a little better illumination with the SEL trim level that we have here today. LED daytime running lights do come standard along with the automatic feature. So when it starts to get dark in at night, those headlights will turn on automatically for you there. You're going to get some added gloss black accents on the front grill if you were to go with that sport trim level, and then added LED accent lighting in the corners for the sport and SEL trim. So overall, we've seen this look before. I think it still looks good, personally in my opinion, but there are pretty much rounds out the front end. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. Alright, so now since we are around to the side of the Jetta, chrome belt line molding does come standard on all trim levels, but the sport, because the sport is going to give you gloss black window surrounds, of course, because it is more sporty. And that's typically what that means. Gloss black, everything. SEL badging found on that front fender for the SEL trim level only. Otherwise, you're not going to get trim level badging found on the front fenders. Body color, power adjustable side mirrors do come standard. They're going to be finished in gloss black for the sport yet again, and heated actually for all trim levels across the board. That isn't always the case. So gotta appreciate that. Then take a look down at the wheel, set up 16 inch alloys for that S trim level, 17 inch alloys then for the sport SEL and SEL trims, but that pretty much rounds out the side profile. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the back. Alright, and so now since we are around to the back of this one, all the way to the top, gloss black shark fin antenna, just below that, you will find LED taillights for all trim levels across the board. You gotta love that for added illumination at night. You have some trim level badging found on the rear trunk of this one, of course, and then making our way all the way down underneath of this one, all the way to the bottom there. There is a single exhaust outlet tucked away on the driver's side. Now I do like how they don't try to fake it like they have integrated exhaust outlets into the rear bumper. They've done that in the past, but that's not the case here in the Jetta. So I actually think the rear bumper looks good because of that. But again, back to the exhaust, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next as always here is that exhaust clip. And so now since we are around to the back of the Jetta when it comes to opening that rear trunk, there is a button on the key fob. There is a button on the trunk itself, a rubberized button, and then there is a button on the driver's side door as well. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 14.1 cubic feet. If that was not enough space, of course, there is a 60-40 split, meaning the rear seats do fold down for quite a bit of extra space then if you needed it. There is some cargo lighting back there. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor, you are going to find a spare tire as opposed to the fix-a-fly, which you guys know I personally prefer. But then make your way up to the rear legroom that comes in at 37.4 inches for reference. I mean even six feet tall, this is how much space I had back there. There is a rear center armrest with cup holders that does come standard. You got to love that. No rear charging ports, unfortunately, would have loved to have seen that. No rear ventilation either, but heated rear seats do come standard on the SEL trim level that we have today. So that is going to spoil the rear passengers a little bit, and I do love that. So then making our way up to the front seats, manually adjustable claw seating coming with the S trim level. You're going to get some enhanced bolstering with contrast stitching for the sport trim level, six-way power driver seat with two-way power lumbar for the SE, heated front seats for the sport trim level and up, leatherette surfaces, sport trim level and up, ventilated front seats, SEL trim level, and that SEL is also going to give you memory settings and leather seating as well. So overall, when it comes to seat comfort, actually wasn't that bad. I didn't have any issues in my short little test drive here today, although it seems aren't vertical, which I always prefer. Still, seat comfort was perfectly fine, so absolutely no issues there. Taking a look then at the steering wheel, it is tilt and telescoping. It is a flat bottom, so let that design element, and it is eco-leather wrapped, whatever that means, and it is going to be heated for the SEL trim level that we have with us here today. It is kind of cold out in PA, so I do love that we have the heated steering wheel. But now, let's go ahead and make our way to the startup. Let me start by showing you guys the key. You've got your Volkswagen logo on the one side. Then when you flip it over, lock, unlock the button to pop the rear trunk there and the times two button. That is going to be a remote start, which comes standard on the SE trim level and up, but it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that silver engine start button located just to the left of the shifter. And so, once started up, when it comes to the gauges, there's two different clusters here. You've got an eight-inch digital gauge cluster for all trim levels, but the SEL. Because our SEL trim that we have today gives you a 10 and a quarter inch digital gauge cluster. So it's pretty cool too. Like I said at the beginning of the video, when you change the drive modes, it is going to change the colors of the gauge cluster as well. So if you go where to go to eco, you're going to get some kind of cyan colors. If you go to normal, it's going to kind of be like a dark blue and then sport is going to be red. But the coolest part about the digital gauges is there's a view button on the steering wheel. If you hit that, it completely changes the look of the gauge cluster out there. You can have a very minimalist look. You can have a fuel economy look. Then there's just your traditional gauges as well. So it pretty much gives you everything you could possibly want on the digital gauges more or less. But now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. Panoramic sunroof comes on the SEL trim. It's going to be optional for the other trim levels. Auto dimming rear view mirror does come standard. By the way, that is newly standard for 2024. And I like the humbling controls throughout the three different garage doors found just below it as well. That's pretty cool. Dual zone climb control for the SE and SEL trim levels. Wireless phone charger for the SEL trim level as well. And that of course is located just in front of the shifter. So just behind the shifter, you're going to have a couple cup holders, a little slot to put yourself in if you like. And then the center armrest actually decent amount of storage in there. What's kind of interesting is it's a light color in there. So this light color is found nowhere else on the vehicle, but inside of the center armrest. So that's kind of interesting, but you do have a phone charging port within there too. So that's pretty cool. But overall, I actually really like the interior quality on this. So you got this kind of cool aluminum, kind of looks like wood, but I think it's actually plastic trim that's found in the doors and just above the passenger side glove box. But that looks really good. There's a lot of soft touch like leather finishes to the doors with contrast stitching. So I think that looks plenty fine as well. So overall, there's actually also an overhead sunglass holder up here. I don't want to forget to mention that. So overall, Volkswagen did a pretty darn good job with the interior quality on the Jetta here. But now let's go ahead and take a look at the infotainment screen. It's going to be a 6.5 inch color touch screen display for the S Sport and SE trims. And then an 8 inch color touch screen display for our SEL that we have with us here today. Bluetooth and audio streaming does come standard. Android Auto, Apple CarPlay as well. And of course, you can check out your radio information up there. And so when it comes to the sound systems, there's two of them. You're going to find a four speaker sound system for the S Sport and SE trims, but then a Beats sound system that we have today on our SEL trim level. So what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and turn on the radio, see what we got playing today and let's test out the clarity of our Beats sound system that we have with us here today. Actually, I was listening to it a little bit longer because I was trying to find something I didn't like about it, but that was really good. Like the clarity was really better than I expected. I know it's an upgraded sound system. It's the Beats sound system, but bass was perfect as well. Not too much bass to the point where it was rumbling different things in the car, but a really good amount of bass and like I said, the clarity was spot on as well. So that was a really, really good sound system for the Jetta. If you like music, go with the SEL because it gives you that Beats sound system. But last thing I wanted to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen is when you do put the Jetta in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board, letting you know who or what is behind you, which is always is going to lead us into safety. And so first, let me start by saying, I always mention this. It is not an IIHS top safety pick, unfortunately. I always like to mention that first. Front side, side car and airbags do come standard. And then back, you're going to have latch, aka lower anchors to tether to children for the rear car seats, rear child door locks, tire pressure monitoring system, but also coming standard IQ drive driver assistance suite, which is newly standard for 2024. Previously, it was just on the SE trim level and now, but now even the S trim level gets it. So that's going to give you a blind spot monitoring system with rear cross traffic alert, adaptive cruise control, forward collision warning, autonomous emergency braking and lane keep assist then as well. So overall, when it comes to my final thoughts here of the Jetta, plenty of an acceleration. I think that was one of my favorite parts. Also, that Beats sound system is so freakishly good. So again, if you like music, go with that. Those are two of my favorite parts about this one. I do love that a manual transmission is still available on the Jetta. That is a Volkswagen thing. Volkswagen just loves their manuals, which I got to give them credit for because that is, that's just super awesome. Although we didn't have it here today, but digital gauges are also great. They are pretty darn customizable. So I like seeing that great MPGs as well. I think the only constructive criticism I can think of is if you don't go with the beat sound system, you get a very basic four speaker sound system, which is almost unheard of these days. Like I think the Mitsubishi Mirage might have a four speaker sound system on their very bottom trim level, but that's about it. So typically you don't find four speakers. Six speakers is pretty much the basic sound system. Eight speakers is usually a next grade up in whatever this beat sound system is. It's absolutely amazing. So I don't know, it's just basic with the four speakers. But anyway, let me know what you guys think of the Jetta in the comments section below. That is about it for this one. You guys, thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. 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