Interestingly my cross-shop for the Civic was the Jetta GLI, but the local dealers took too long to respond to me so I ended up with the Civic Touring. I love the tech in the civic, but I suspect the GLI would have been a lot faster. I like the design language of both companies a lot, so stylistically I find it to be a toss up.
IDK I was getting GLI vibes from the new civics interior dash and seat designs ,,, 23 years of buying cars from Volkswagen for my family - they kept jerking is around with inventory and they weren’t ashamed at all to try to hit us on every possible angle on the new purchase — I was not happy ,,, wasn’t even trying to beat them up really (freaking Hyenas) I was really turned off and went back to Honda —- easiest dealership experience ever and they gave me $500 off sticker in this market without even asking ,,, I felt like it was fair for everyone and I couldn’t be any happier with the purchase ,,, but OMG this thing is slow and puts power down so awkward compared to everything I’ve ever had ,,, but I still like it (whole package) and out of spite lol — Gli is the only version of MK7 Jetta’s that are worth it —- that 1.4TSI is fucking garbage ,,, Honda still better CVT and all but I do miss driving my Passat GT ,,, double the horse and torque is def noticeable lol
