2001 Volkswagen Jetta Review

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Not too long ago, driving a small car in America meant sacrificing something: performance, luxury, features, quality, or the prestige that comes from a bigger nameplate. But over the years, European brands have hammered the point home to U.S. buyers -- bigger isn't always better. After all, wouldn't you really rather have a 3-Series or a C-Class?

Americans get the point. We're rediscovering small cars with a voracious appetite, if sales are any clue. Buyers are realizing all over again that they can have the same level of refinement and luxury as large cars without the parking-lot problems and fuel-sucking issues.

The Volkswagen Jetta is one of those cars that's drilled small-car goodness into our heads. It's a paradigm of this new breed of small cars, one that handles and performs and leaves some change in your wallet to boot.