It's the end of an era. Starting in 2027, you will not be able to buy any new Volkswagen with a manual transmission. The lone holdout in the automaker's lineup, the Jetta GLI, is losing its ...

Volkswagen’s last stick shift car in North America dies in 2026. Volkswagen's last stick car in the US, the Jetta GLI dies. Production ends with the 2027 model year. Volkswagen says there simply isn't ...

Alina has been enthusiastic about vehicles her entire life, and even from an early age found herself itching to get behind the wheel. Through high school and college, she could be found reading ...

Much to the chagrin of Volkswagen enthusiasts, the German automaker ditched the manual transmission on the Golf GTI and Golf R when it refreshed the hot hatchbacks for the 2025 model year. Still, ...

Volkswagen's longstanding tradition of offering fun cars with manual transmissions has been hanging on by a thread for years now. After the killing the three-pedal GTI in 2024, the Volkswagen Jetta ...

Joel was previously an editor at Autoblog for nearly a decade, covering cars from humble economy hatchbacks to high-end sports cars. He has extensive driving experience with plenty of track time, and ...

The Volkswagen Jetta GLI is officially joining the growing list of enthusiast darling cars losing their manual transmission. Beginning with the 2027 model year, Volkswagen will reportedly offer the ...

Pour another one out for the manual transmission. In news that is not unexpected but nevertheless disheartening, word has arrived from south of the border that after 2026, Volkswagen will be dropping ...

After Volkswagen dropped the manual transmission option from the Golf GTI and Golf R in North America, it seemed only a matter of time before the stick shift disappeared from the Jetta GLI as well.

Welp, it almost seemed inevitable. The funnest Volkswagen Jetta is dead. At least, the six-speed-equipped GLI is. Our friends at TFLCar recently sat down with some VW spokespeople to discuss the model ...

Volkswagen withdrew its classic Transporter vans (Eurovan) from the American market after the 2003 model year, thus putting a fast end to a romantic decades-long era of great American road trips. The ...