Comparison: height VW Jetta vs. competitors 2025

Car height of the VW Jetta is typically defined as the distance from the ground to the highest point on the car, including any protuberances such as roof rails.The height of the car impacts comfort, spaciousness, fuel consumption and noise in the cabin With it's length of 4659 mm and width of 1778 mm, the VW Jetta has a height of 1482 mm. The highest car you can find in the same category is Lada Granta 1.6 8V (VAZ 2190 ), which is 18 mm more than the Jetta 1.2 TSI BMT - 1500 mm.For illustration, the difference in length between the VW and the Lada is 399 mm in favor of the VW . On the contrary, the lowest in the " saloon" category is Mazda Xedos 6 2.0 V6 , which is 1355 mm - that makes it 127 mm shorter than the VW in question.Length-wise, the VW outperforms the rival by 99 mm.
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VW Jetta - How has the height changed over the generations?

VW Jetta generations

(Height)
1. Jetta, Model year 1979 (I) 1410 mm
2. Jetta, Model year 1984 (II) 1415 mm
3. Jetta, Model year 1987 (II (1. Facelift)) 1415 mm
4. Jetta, Model year 2005 (III) 1459 mm
5. Jetta, Model year 2011 (IV) 1482 mm
6. Jetta, Model year 2014 (IV (1. Facelift)) 1482 mm
The difference in height between first generation (I) from 1979 and last generation (IV (1. Facelift)) from 2014 is 7.2cm mm.
The height of the current generation of Jetta is 1482 mm.

The height compared to other VW models

VW Jetta vs other current cars by VW

(Height)
1. Polo GTI 1431 mm
2. Arteon R Shooting Brake 1434 mm
3. Arteon Shooting Brake 1451 mm
4. Polo 1451 mm
5. Golf R 1458 mm
6. Arteon 1460 mm
7. Arteon R 1460 mm
8. Golf R Variant 1466 mm
9. Passat Limousine 1476 mm
10. Golf GTD 1478 mm
11. Golf GTI 1478 mm
12. Passat GTE Limousine 1483 mm
13. Golf GTE 1484 mm
14. Golf 1491 mm
15. up! GTI 1492 mm
16. Golf Variant 1498 mm
17. up! 1504 mm
18. up! e-up! 1507 mm
19. Golf Alltrack 1510 mm
20. Passat Variant 1516 mm
21. up! cross up! 1516 mm
22. Taigo 1518 mm
23. Passat GTE Variant 1521 mm
24. T-Roc Cabriolet 1527 mm
25. Passat Alltrack 1527 mm
26. ID.7 1536 mm
27. T-Roc R 1559 mm
28. ID.3 1564 mm
29. T-Cross 1573 mm
30. T-Roc 1584 mm
31. ID.5 1616 mm
32. ID.5 GTX 1616 mm
33. ID.4 GTX 1637 mm
34. ID.4 1640 mm
35. Tayron 1666 mm
36. Tiguan R 1668 mm
37. Touran 1668 mm
38. Tiguan 1675 mm
39. Tiguan Allspace 1679 mm
40. Touareg 1717 mm
41. Touareg R 1717 mm

How does the height of the VW Jetta compare to it's nearest competitors?

VW Jetta vs. similar cars

(Height)
1. Lada Granta 2013 1500 mm
2. Lada Vesta 2017 1497 mm
3. Fiat Linea 2007 1494 mm
4. Renault Latitude 2011 1483 mm
5. VW Jetta 2014 1482 mm
6. Renault Fluence 2010 1479 mm
7. Chevrolet Cruze 2009 1477 mm
8. Suzuki Kizashi 2010 1470 mm
9. Citroen C-Elysee 2016 1466 mm
10. Chevrolet Malibu 2012 1465 mm
11. Chevrolet Epica 2006 1450 mm
12. Saab 9-5 1997 1449 mm
13. Daewoo Leganza 1998 1437 mm
14. Mitsubishi Sigma 1991 1435 mm
15. Audi A6 1994 1430 mm
16. SEAT Exeo 2009 1430 mm
17. Volvo 240 1982 1430 mm
18. Cadillac ATS 2012 1427 mm
19. Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse 1993 1427 mm
20. Alfa Romeo 156 1997 1415 mm
21. Audi A4 1994 1415 mm
22. Lancia Thema 1985 1415 mm
23. Alfa Romeo 166 1998 1406 mm
24. Nissan Maxima 1989 1405 mm
25. Alfa Romeo 164 1988 1400 mm
26. Alfa Romeo 6 1979 1395 mm
27. Mercedes-Benz 190 1983 1390 mm
28. Subaru Legacy 1989 1390 mm
29. Daewoo Espero 1995 1388 mm
30. Renault R21 1986 1375 mm
31. Mazda Xedos 6 1992 1355 mm

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