I quite like the look of this, and the interior is nice looking too. And to make it even better, it comes in manual; although I suspect VW wouldn't sell it with a manual in North America.
And on the reliability thing, the newer ones are pretty terrible. My friend's dad's Mk. IV Golf needed a brand-new engine within 2 years. It must've been faulty from the factory, but it was absolute garbage.
Another friend of mine, his sister and mom both had diesel VWs (Mk. IV Golf, New Beetle) and said that they were in the shop for repairs as much as they were out on the road.
Third anecdote, I went to test drive a Jetta with a friend, so I suggested a pre-owned Mk. IV Jetta. We took out an automatic model, and the thing stalled during the test drive. Automatic, and the engine just seized halfway through a left-hand turn, and we had to roll down the hill into the dealership. It seems to be all the Mk. IV era VWs, absolute garbage... not sure about the newest line up though.
i was waiting on a moment, but the moment never came. all the billion other moments, were just slipping all away. i must have been tripping, we're just slipping all away. just ego tripping.