If you are curious about the styling of the next Jetta then look no further than the New Compact Coupe (NCC) concept from VW. The car's front – minus the hybrid-style closed grille – pretty much represents the new face of the sixth-generation production Jetta due on sale this November in left-hand drive (right-hand drive sales follow early 2011). No longer a 'Golf with a trunk', the new Jetta will be based on the Eos platform.
Dimensionally, the NCC concept is 10mm shorter than the current fifth-generation Jetta plus 50mm lower, 20mm wider and with a 70mm shorter wheelbase. The NCC's sides are much more pronounced than the current Jetta's very soft and gently curved flanks. On the NCC, one bold shoulder line runs from the top of its front light to its rear light with a more pronounced and deeper sill below plus a large C-pillar.
The thin but wide front grille is enhanced by deep air vents underneath which reflect in mirror image the angular shape of the slimmer front headlamps. All these details make the NCC appear wider than it actually is.
The NCC concept is a three-door car with a four-seat interior layout divided by a high central spine – like its bigger production brother the Passat CC – but the next road-going Jetta will start as a four-door, five-seater. A coupe version with only four seats has not been ruled out in the longer term though. The interior dash looks to be almost stock Golf and the rest of the cabin production-ready aside from the impracticality of the white leather seating and center spine already mentioned.
Based on the NCC concept, the next Jetta will still be a conservative design but represents an accomplished leap over its current incarnation and is in keeping with overall VW Group design boss Walter de Silva's new direction, as personified by the excellent 2009 Polo.
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