Photo: @mrgreen1717 on Instagram
The Volkswagen community is probably way bigger in Europe than anywhere else in the world. But there's something they can't do right now, and that's to play around with the new Jetta GLI.
The fresh 2019 model year version of the car takes the average-looking Jetta sedan to the next level. It's got skirts, spoilers, and a 2-liter turbo engine, all for a price that we'd dare to call affordable. Is it fair that Europe doesn't get to buy this? Probably not, but they also had the Scirocco R and Polo GTI which they were unwilling to share, so it works out in the end.
Being only a couple of months old, the Jetta GLI hasn't been taken to the next level yet. We're sure APR can already make Stage 3 modes to the TSI turbo goods, but we're more concerned with the styling of the thing. Somewhere on social media, we've spotted one guy who put Bentley wheels on the car, but couldn't track down the identity of the project, so this will just have to do.
It's a GLI that's been slammed on Rotiform wheels. These look like the BUC-M design, probably 20 inches wide with a nice cap in the middle to fool you into thinking it's got center locks. The California owner, @mrgreen1717, has made various other small mods to his beloved family sports sedan.
Besides the obvious air suspension system, he's also fitted red aftermarket paddles behind the steering wheel grab those DSG gears a little quicker and blacked out the VW badges. The 2-liter turbocharged engine is probably still stock. It's shared with the GTI, sits a little lower and offers 81 ponies more than the standard Jetta, not to mention 18 HP over the old GLI.
The GLI also gets its own suspension, since the stock sedan comes with a solid rear axle. Red brakes boldly stick out from behind the Rotiform wheels, and you can clearly make out the twin exhausts.
Being only a couple of months old, the Jetta GLI hasn't been taken to the next level yet. We're sure APR can already make Stage 3 modes to the TSI turbo goods, but we're more concerned with the styling of the thing. Somewhere on social media, we've spotted one guy who put Bentley wheels on the car, but couldn't track down the identity of the project, so this will just have to do.
It's a GLI that's been slammed on Rotiform wheels. These look like the BUC-M design, probably 20 inches wide with a nice cap in the middle to fool you into thinking it's got center locks. The California owner, @mrgreen1717, has made various other small mods to his beloved family sports sedan.
Besides the obvious air suspension system, he's also fitted red aftermarket paddles behind the steering wheel grab those DSG gears a little quicker and blacked out the VW badges. The 2-liter turbocharged engine is probably still stock. It's shared with the GTI, sits a little lower and offers 81 ponies more than the standard Jetta, not to mention 18 HP over the old GLI.
The GLI also gets its own suspension, since the stock sedan comes with a solid rear axle. Red brakes boldly stick out from behind the Rotiform wheels, and you can clearly make out the twin exhausts.
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