Jetta is a Chinese car marque created by

Volkswagen Group Volkswagen AG (), known internationally as the Volkswagen Group, is a German multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The company designs, manufactures and distributes passenger and commercia ...

with its joint venture partner

FAW Group China FAW Group Corp., Ltd. (First Automobile Works) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin.

in 2019. The

Volkswagen Jetta The Volkswagen Jetta () is a compact car/ small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen since 1979. Positioned to fill a sedan niche above the firm's Golf hatchback, it has been marketed over seven generations, variously as the Atl ...

is a popular car in China, and the model forms the basis of the new company, with two additional SUV models scheduled to join the range. The Jetta cars will be built in Chengdu at an FAW-Volkswagen joint venture plant.

History

At the time when the Jetta brand was introduced, Harald Müller was the company president. In May 2020, Harald Müller revealed in interviews that there's been interest in the marque brand from outside China. In August 2020, there are plans to potentially export Jetta-branded vehicles outside China, but the company has not disclosed which target markets they want to aim at.

Models

The range will consist of the VA3 saloon, the VS5 compact SUV and the VS7 SUV. The cars were designed and developed by Volkswagen in Germany. While the VA3 is a facelift of the Chinese

(based on the same platform as the SEAT Toledo Mk4), both SUV models, the VS5 and the VS7 are based on the Volkswagen Group compact SUV models including the SEAT Ateca, Škoda Karoq and Volkswagen Tharu. File:Jetta VA3 003.jpg, Jetta VA3 File:Jetta VS5 004.jpg, Jetta VS5 File:Jetta VS7 001.jpg, Jetta VS7

Sales

67,600 Jetta vehicles were sold in China in the first half of 2020.

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