Used Car of the Day: 2005 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 1.8 Turbo

by Tim Healey

Published: July 25th, 2023

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In honor of the 40th Anniversary Volkswagen Jetta GLI, today we have a used one from North Carolina.

The owner asks $18,000 for this 2005 Volkswagen Jetta GLI, which has the 1.8 Turbo engine. It's an automatic and the seller claims it's been well-maintained and runs well.

Apparently, the car is stock and the only damage involves minor dents. There are only 53,000 miles on the clock. Perhaps this explains the high price for a 17-year-old car.

You can check it out here.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Wjtinfwb on Feb 14, 2024

I had this generation GTI but with the sweet VR6 with a manual. Not super-fast but long-legged, smooth as whipped cream and very reliable. That combo might rescue this Jetta but the 1.8 with Automatic was not a sweet combination. Add in self-destructing electrics and interior bits and it's no dice.

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Clair on Feb 27, 2024

If you still have this car, do you mind sharing the VIN# for reference?

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