Volkswagen’s freshened 2022 Jetta sedan will characteristic a barely bigger engine, extra normal gear, three trim ranges and modest styling modifications meant to maintain the model’s entry-level automobile engaging to newcomers to VW.

The Jetta will likely be out there in Trendline, Comfortline and Highline trims. A Sport Bundle is on the market on the Comfortline trim.

Due in dealerships by the top of the yr, the most recent Jetta will get new entrance and rear fascias and a brand new grille to distinguish it from the outgoing mannequin. It receives inside upgrades as properly, together with a typical 8-inch digital cockpit instrument cluster on the Trendline and Comfortline trims. The ten-inch Digital Cockpit Professional is normal on the Jetta Highline and GLI mannequin.

The Jetta Comfortline and Highline trims additionally provide Wi-Fi functionality, together with VW’s Automobile-Web infotainment software program suite.

Beneath the hood, the earlier normal 1.4-litre base engine has been changed with a 1.5-litre turbocharged engine that makes 158 hp, up 11 hp from the earlier mannequin. The engine is mated to both a six-speed guide gearbox or an eight-speed dual-clutch computerized transmission, giving the Jetta extra torque at decrease rpms than the present engine.

The sporty Jetta GLI will come normal with a 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four engine paired to both a six-speed guide transmission or out there seven-speed computerized gearbox that makes 228 hp and 258 pound-feet of torque.

On the driver-assistance entrance, the 2022 Jetta now comes normal with blind-spot monitoring, front-assist braking and pedestrian monitoring, in addition to rear cross visitors alert. Adaptive cruise management and lane-keeping come normal on the Comfortline and Highline and GLI.

The Jetta is VW’s fourth-bestselling mannequin in Canada behind the Tiguan, Atlas and Golf. By means of the primary half of the yr, VW had bought 5,619 Jettas in Canada, up 20 per cent from a yr earlier. Pricing particulars for the freshened mannequin weren’t introduced.

Though sedan gross sales proceed to fall all through the trade, Jetta “stays an necessary quantity automobile for our model,” mentioned Hein Schafer, senior vp for product and technique with VW Group of America. “There’s nonetheless a spot for compact sedans and we nonetheless wish to compete in that phase with the Jetta.”