VOLKSWAGEN is really two car companies – one offering quality Euro-focussed products like the Polo, Golf, Passat, Eos, Tiguan and Touareg, and the other selling more price-sensitive fare for the Americas such as the Beetle, Golf wagon and Jetta.

And that’s OK, for the Jetta under scrutiny here is a small/medium in-between model with sights on unseating the dominating Toyota Camry and Honda Accord in the US.

But, while it may look like a (slightly) shrunken Passat, it neither feels nor pleases quite like one.