 I'm surprised to hear about so many 
major problems others have had. My car 
has been pretty great. Last car was a 
Honda Civic. The Jetta is fun to 
drive, super peppy, comfortable, and 
I'm getting about 30MPG. The car was 
recalled for the coils (after I had to 
be towed once because of poor behavior 
related to the coils). Mechanically, 
the Honda was perfect - never a 
problem with it. The coil issues, and 
frequently blown taillights, are 
annoying, but all in all I'm very 
happy with the Jetta. Mine was 
manufactured/assembled in Germany - it 
was the first year of the wagons.