Makes VolkswagenJetta

Volkswagen Jetta MPG

Its best-rated version reaches 44 MPG combined in 2013–2016, the hybrid Jetta Hybrid. Its weakest year peaked at 23 MPG (1993–1994).

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441.2 gal

a year at 15,000 miles for the best 2026 version. Put it next to its 1984 predecessor, at your own mileage.

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The Volkswagen Jetta has EPA ratings for 43 model years, 1984–2026, most often among compact cars. Its best version had the highest combined rating among compact cars in 1989–1992 and 1996–2000 and among small station wagons in 2002–2005 and 2009–2013, and it placed in its class top five in 30 model years. In 1991 the Ford Escort and the Pontiac Lemans came next among 52 compact cars.

No other nameplate has as many rated years among compact cars, a class that has held 250 names on this site; the Volkswagen Golf/GTI comes next with 40. Averaged over 1994–1998, the best version of the Jetta placed first of 43 among compact cars rated at least three years in that span, and it was in the top five in six other five-year spans.

Among 16 compact cars, 2026

The Jetta placed third. The class leader was the Toyota Corolla at 50 MPG. The next higher rating, 43 MPG, belongs to the Lexus UX.

The Jetta, five years at a time

Average rating of its best version per span, placed among compact cars.

1984–88sixth of 40

1989–93first of 40

1994–98first of 43

1999–03second of 46

2004–08fourth of 35

2009–13fifth of 41

2014–18fourth of 52

2019–23eighth of 34

2024–26third of 14

Where the engine list turned over

1993
Dropped: 1.6-liter 4-cylinder diesel, 1.8-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 33 → 23 MPG.
2022
New: 1.5-liter 4-cylinder. Best rating 34 → 35 MPG.

Powertrains under the name

Diesel
Rated in 1984–1986, 1989–1992, 1996–2006 and 2009–2015.
Gasoline
Rated in 1984–2026.
Hybrid
Rated in 2013–2016.

All 43 model years, best and lowest version

Model years	Best version	Combined	City / hwy	Lowest version	Versions
2026	Jetta	34	29 / 40	33	2
2025	Jetta	33	29 / 40	33	2
2024	Jetta	34	30 / 42	33	3
2023	Jetta	35	31 / 42	33	3
2022	Jetta	35	31 / 43	33	3
2021	Jetta	34	30 / 41	28	4
2019–2020	Jetta	34	30 / 40	28	4
2018	Jetta	33	28 / 40	27	4
2017	Jetta	33	28 / 40	27	5
2016	Jetta Hybrid hybrid	44	42 / 48	27	7
2015	Jetta Hybrid hybrid	44	41 / 48	26	9
2013–2014	Jetta Hybrid hybrid	44	41 / 48	25	13
2012	Jetta diesel	32	29 / 39	25	12
2010–2011	Jetta diesel	32	29 / 39	25	10
2009	Jetta diesel	32	29 / 39	24	12
2008	Jetta	25	22 / 29	24	6
2007	Jetta	25	22 / 29	22	4
2006	Jetta diesel	33	30 / 38	22	6
2005	Jetta diesel	35	32 / 41	22	17
2004	Jetta diesel	36	32 / 42	22	14
2003	Jetta Wagon diesel	39	35 / 45	22	14
2002	Jetta Wagon diesel	39	35 / 45	19	18
2001	Jetta diesel	38	35 / 44	19	12
2000	Jetta diesel	38	35 / 44	19	8
1999	New Jetta diesel	38	35 / 44	19	11
1997–1998	Jetta diesel	37	33 / 44	19	5
1996	Jetta diesel	38	34 / 44	19	5
1995	Jetta III	24	21 / 29	18	4
1994	Jetta III	23	21 / 28	18	4
1993	Jetta III	23	20 / 28	21	3
1992	Jetta diesel	33	31 / 36	21	4
1991	Jetta diesel	34	31 / 39	22	5
1989–1990	Jetta diesel	34	31 / 39	22	4
1988	Jetta	25	22 / 31	22	3
1987	Jetta	26	23 / 31	22	5
1986	Jetta diesel	35	31 / 40	22	6
1985	Jetta diesel	35	31 / 41	22	6
1984	Jetta diesel	37	35 / 41	21	12

Version names in the EPA list: Jetta, Jetta GLI, Jetta GLI 16v, Jetta GLI/Wolfsburg Edition, Jetta GLX, Jetta Hybrid, Jetta III, Jetta III GLX, Jetta SE/SEL, Jetta Sport/SE/SEL, Jetta SportWagen, Jetta Wagon, New Jetta.

Same class, 2026

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