http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/ Autoblog Comments for http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/Apr 21st 2008 4:34PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/The MkV Jetta we have is leaps and bounds better than this POS! The MkV Jetta's front end looks great, it is the rear end that looks like a Corolla where the design falters. And the interior on our MkV Jetta can hold a candle up to an Audi A3/4. This interior couldn't hold a candle up to a Kia Accent. The reviewer is right when he states this car looks seriously dated and the interior isn't typical VeeDub.]]>Apr 21st 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/I think it's a Hyundai Accent...but I may be mistaken.]]>Apr 21st 2008 4:51PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/Apr 21st 2008 4:59PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/
The only Mk.V Jetta with a decent grill is the GLI. The base grill is hideous; they should have given it the Rabbit grill instead. The roofline is hideous. The C-pillar is hideous. The combination of high belt line and featureless doors is hideous. Most cars have rub strips to disguise how tall the doors are; the Lavina uses side streaks for the same purpose. Both are better than having flat, featureless, tall doors.

For the record, I loved the Mk.IV Jetta. The Mk.V is one of the biggest automotive disappointments ever; it's up there with the 1995 Maxima, 1996 Taurus, and 2000 Eclipse.]]>Apr 21st 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/
This car has barely been introduced and you know already that it is a POS. Do you even realize how ridiculous you sound?]]>Apr 21st 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/21/beijing-2008-volkswagen-lavida-meets-its-home-audience/Apr 21st 2008 5:28PM