The Volkswagen Jetta Sport 1.5T manual drives like it's more expensive than it is.
Unfortunately, the Sport's performance falls to its knees relative to the feisty GLI in normal urban driving. Though the specs say the Sport makes its full 184 pound-feet of torque at 1750 rpm, our right foot said otherwise. In city traffic it's easy to catch the engine napping off-boost; let the revs drop below 2000 rpm and it's as if gerbils have replaced the horses under the hood. Flooring the accelerator has minimal effect.
The Sport proves adept at the rest of the driving experience, if not intoxicating. A supple ride and confident steering imbue it with a surprisingly refined persona that complements the engine's quiet ways. Volkswagen even made some minor efforts to make it more engaging to drive than the base S model by lowering its suspension 15 millimeters and fitting it with a larger front anti-roll bar. While it's not a car that begs you to flog it down a two-lane, when leaned on, it stays composed.
Out on the open road, the 1.5T proves itself impressively miserly at consuming fuel, with the Jetta averaging 44 mpg in our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test. That's 2-mpg better than both its EPA highway figure and theLOWS: Interior's plethora of plastic, antediluvian touchscreen, it's not a cut-price GLI.
No, the Jetta Sport can't quite muster the moves or the performance necessary to be considered a discounted GLI. But with a roomy rear seat, a velvety engine, and respectable road manners, it's far more than a budget-priced people carrier. Ignition key aside, of course.
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