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Darkcoffee @sh.itjust.works

4d ago

Since Volkswagen is a German company, the popular Jetta car is probably supposed to be pronounced "Yetta"

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And Volkswagen is pronounced Folksvahgen.
- No, it's pronounced fow-veh!

Indeed. Though interestingly, the Jetta seems to be much more common abroad, t's a pretty rare car in Germany.
- What car do you see in Germany most often?
  
  The Yolf
  
  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.

Is it called the Jetta there? I know some cars have regional model names.
- It's called the Vento in Germany I believe.
  
  The same car has been sold under both names for some years but the jetta is still a thing there
  
  Used to be called the Bora. I know for a fact my Mk 4 was produced under that name in Europe.
- Good question actually!

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.

Wenn call it also Jetta here in Germany. Here an old ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBu2Lc24554

Does VW even make the Jetta anymore?

popular german automobile? what year is it?

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