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Tested: 1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V Photos

From the Archive: Essentially un­changed, and so is our opinion. We liked it then, and we like it now. It oughta be on the autobahn.

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From the Archive: Essentially un­changed, and so is our opinion. We liked it then, and we like it now. It oughta be on the autobahn.

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V interior

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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1988 Volkswagen Jetta GLI 16V

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