2025 Jetta Gli Review. The 2025 volkswagen jetta gli is one of just a few stick shift cars you can buy, but can it be as fun as its competition? For 2025, the jetta gli is the lone remaining holdout with an available manual transmission, but as much as we love to row our own gears, you’d be better off with the.

As the compact sports sedan class shrinks, the volkswagen jetta gli still stands proud, complete with an optional manual transmission to go with its responsive 228. For 2025, the jetta gets some light updates to spruce it up for its loyal customers, and we got to drive it — along with the sporty gli — to refresh our memories.