Both the Honda Fit and the Honda Civic are excellent choices. And both will be far more reliable than the Jetta. The 5-year Reliability Percentrank average of the 4-cylinder Jetta is .20, on a scale of 0.00 to 1.00, and the 5-year Reliability Percentrank average of the 4-cylinder turbo Jetta is .02, while the 5-year Reliability Percentrank average of the Honda Civic is .95, one of the highest. (The Honda Fit model is only a couple of years old and consequently lacks a Reliability Percentrank average.) For reference, Volkswagen's overall 5-year Reliability Percentrank average is .20, Honda's is .81, and Toyota's is .88.Some of the distinctions of the Honda Civic are:1. The Honda Civic is on Consumer Reports' 2008 list of the Best of the Best,2. Several of the versions of the Honda Civic are on AutoOnInfo.net's list of the best models of 2008, based on reliability over the past 5 model years,3. Several of the versions of the Honda Civic are on AutoOnInfo.net's list of the Automobiles with Best Engine Reliability, based on performance of 6-to-10-year-old vehicles.4. Consumer Reports accords the Honda Civic its highest predicted short-term reliability rating.More distinctions of the Honda Civics, as well as many of the specifications of the 2008 editions, may be found at:http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/NAEd200806...XLXEXSedan.htm http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/NAEd200806...vicSiSedan.htm http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/NAEd200806...EXEXLCoupe.htm http://www.AutoOnInfo.net/NAEd200806...ivicHybrid.htm Some of the distinctions of the Honda Fit are:1. For the past 2 years it has been AutoOnInfo.net's top pick among all vehicles.2. It is on AutoOnInfo.net's list of the Best of 2008 (but based on only 1 year of data).3. Consumer Reports accords the Honda Fit its highest predicted short-term reliability rating.4. The cargo capacity of the Honda Fit is excellent.One short-coming of Hondas generally is that their transmissions appear not to be as durable as those of Toyota (but they do far exceed the average). One modest shortcoming of the Fit is that gas mileage appears to vary considerably. My friend's wife's Fit sometimes attains an mpg well into the 40s on the highway, but in-city mileage is often in the low 30s.































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