The Volkswagen Jetta GLI abandoned the manual transmission

Frédéric Mercier

Friday, 13 October 2017 14:37

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Friday, 13 October 2017 14:37

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The version based on the performance of the Volkswagen Jetta, the GLI, will not be offered with a manual transmission from 2018.

Volkswagen has already confirmed the new for the u.s. market, and in all likelihood, the same decision will affect canadian consumers.

Depending on The Truth About Cars, this change would have been motivated by the low popularity of the manual gearbox among buyers of the Jetta GLI. Equipped with a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine developing 210 horsepower and 207 pound-feet, the GLI is marketed as the Jetta focuses on the pleasure of driving.

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However, the main rivals of the Jetta GLI continues to keep the manual transmission catalog. One has only to think of the Honda Civic Si, the Hyundai Elantra Sport or the Nissan Sentra Nismo.

Volkswagen Jetta GLI

Another blow

It is a second foot-of-nose to the manual transmission in no time at Volkswagen. There are only a few months ago, this is the iconic Beetle that had been talking to decided to abandon its versions of the three pedals.

Definitely, these are hard times for the manual transmission…