For roughly Jetta-sized cars by Volkswagen, it's usually Passat or Golf (including the 'Golf variant' station wagon). VW Passat is fairly common as a police car, too.
Apparently, the name is derived from "jetstream", so it probably is supposed to be pronounced like cheddar. But a German who does not know that would probably pronounce it as Yetta, yes.
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rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 22 pts · 1y
Indeed. Though interestingly, the Jetta seems to be much more common abroad, t's a pretty rare car in Germany.
minibyte@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
otto@sh.itjust.works · 47 pts · 1y
The Yolf
MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io · 17 pts · 1y
To be fair, there are significant differences between the German Yolf and the Golf of America
otto@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
Nice
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y
Take my angry upvote you magnificent bastard
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 1y
Damn you, I'm having to stifle a laugh here.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 5 pts · 1y
For roughly Jetta-sized cars by Volkswagen, it's usually Passat or Golf (including the 'Golf variant' station wagon). VW Passat is fairly common as a police car, too.
samus12345@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 1y
And Volkswagen is pronounced Folksvahgen.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
No, it's pronounced fow-veh!
Generica@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 9 pts · 1y
Is it called the Jetta there? I know some cars have regional model names.
Majorllama@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
It's called the Vento in Germany I believe.
Krelis_@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
The same car has been sold under both names for some years but the jetta is still a thing there
Majorllama@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Yeah that sounds about right. I vaguely remember seeing them called the "American" name while lapping the green hell at some point.
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
Used to be called the Bora. I know for a fact my Mk 4 was produced under that name in Europe.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Good question actually!
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 1y
Apparently, the name is derived from "jetstream", so it probably is supposed to be pronounced like cheddar. But a German who does not know that would probably pronounce it as Yetta, yes.
cypress@lemmy.hogru.ch · 3 pts · 1y
Wenn call it also Jetta here in Germany. Here an old ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBu2Lc24554
reddig33@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Does VW even make the Jetta anymore?
fallowseed@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
popular german automobile? what year is it?