Volkswagen took the wraps off the all-new Jetta in
Detroit this week. And that’s all well and fine, but what enthusiasts want to
know is what the performance variant will look like. And this is probably
pretty close.
Rendered by X-Tomi is what’s billed as a Jetta GTI,
but as VW enthusiasts know, those aren’t the letters that the hot version of
the Jetta wears. GLI are. Regardless of what it’s called, this speculative
rendering adopts new wheels, bumpers, black roof, red-trimmed honeycomb grille,
and other hot-Veedub fixins.
It looks pretty convincing to our eyes, but we’ll
have to wait to see what Volkswagen comes up with for the actual Jetta GLI… and
more to the point, of what sort of performance it will be capable. The outgoing
model, for what it’s worth, packs a 2.0-liter turbo four good for 210
horsepower and nearly as many pound-feet of torque, but sadly did away with the
manual for its final year on the market.
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