Volkswagen has announced they will begin production of a limited 40th Anniversary Edition of the 2024 Jetta GLI, a trim that is promised to be made available exclusively in North America.
Like the existing GLI Autobahn, this whip is powered by a 2.0-liter turbocharged mill delivering 228 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque. In other words, an entertaining figure but none higher than present offerings. Achtung, Wolfsburg! Surely you could have found a few more pferdestärke for this effort. Nevertheless, it also features some key performance features like an electronically controlled torque-sensing limited-slip diff and attendant diff lock, the DCC adaptive damping system, and a so-called sport exhaust.
As with most trims of this ilk, there are numerous styling differentiators that some would classify as a paint-n-wallpaper package. The car will be offered in a trio of colors – Pure Gray, Pure White, and Rising Blue – with blacked-out details contrasting with the GLI’s red trim. Its ten-spoke 18-inch wheels, grille, mirror caps, and spoiler have all been dipped in a pot of inky black paint. Heady stuff.
Looking in the cabin, details crop up in the form of those embossed cloth seats, said to be uniquely fabricated for this trim. VW claims the pattern will vary slightly in each of the vehicles produced, calling it a “one-of-a-kind fingerprint” but the cynics around here say it makes an easy out for manufacturing aberrations. Cupholders feature the GLI logo hammered in one and “1984” in the other, while seat tags and front door sills have their own embellishments. There is also a unique clip at the six o’clock position on the steering wheel in case you’ve forgotten what kind of car for which you’ve signed a six-year note.
The company doesn’t break out trim levels in its sales reports but does say they have shifted 16,224 Jettas so far this year. That’s roughly equal to the number of ID.4 electric vehicles which found new homes but well off the 27,995 Taos buyers and 38,728 people who put their hand up for a Tiguan. In total, VW has moved 144,787 vehicles so far this year, roughly flat compared to where they were 12 months ago.
In a nod to the first model year, a too-clever by half 1,984 units will be produced for America.
[Image: VW]
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