近日，国外一家汽车网站的读者在阿根廷一家机场拍到了捷达新款GLI车型，当时这辆量产版车型的全身蒙上了塑料布。这位读者不仅拍到了车辆外观，还拍到了内装和车尾照片。“GLI”logo在方向盘底部和行李箱盖上清晰可见，这种logo设置方式与高尔夫GTI一样。与捷达其他版本一样，GLI北美和南美版本也将在墨西哥生产。该车将搭载取自高尔夫GTI的2.0升TSI涡轮增压引擎，功率172千瓦/230马力，搭配DSG双离合器变速器或者标配的六速手动变速器。该车也是唯一一款提供多连杆后悬的捷达轿车，而其他规格的车型都配备扭力梁后悬。大众南美设计主管José Carlos Pavone在接受阿根廷汽车博客采访时透露，捷达GLI将比R-Line版本更具侵略性和运动风格。该车将配备类似高尔夫GTI的五辐合金轮圈和红色边线，更不用说黑色车顶了。
New Volkswagen Jetta GLI 2.0 Turbo Spied Getting Ready For Launch
With the 2019 Volkswagen Jetta already among us, we are very much looking forward to the sportier GLI variant. Not that 147 horsepower (110 kilowatts) in the base model is boring, but there's always room for more power. The new generation of VW's much-loved sedan has not yet received a power upgrade, but that should change at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit come January. The Motor1.com team in Brazil found the new model in neighboring Argentina before VW wants you to see it.
These images published by our friends at Argentina Autoblog show the Volkswagen Jetta GLI in the airport covered by plastic sheets for protection. An astute reader named Luis. R. A. sent the photos to the site, getting up close to the new car to show us details of the interior and of the rear, where GLI logos can be easily seen on both the base of the steering wheel and the trunk lid – equal to that of Golf GTI.
Like all other Jetta versions, the GLI will be built in Mexico for all of North and South America. The best part is that it will feature the 2.0 TSI turbocharged engine from the Golf GTI, producing 230 hp (172 kW) which goes through a DSG dual clutch automatic gearbox, or a standard-issue six-speed manual. It will also be the only version of the sedan in this generation to have multilink suspension in the rear; the other Jetta configurations will continue to use a torsion beam setup.
In an interview with Argentina Autoblog, José Carlos Pavone, Volkswagen's chief of design for South America, said that the Jetta GLI will have a more aggressive and sportier design than the R-Line. This can be seen on five-spoke alloy wheels with red lines similar to those of the Golf GTI, not to mention the black roof. We can't wait for its arrival.