VW styling used to be pretty classy and elegant, I know the last gen Passat and Jetta received generally good reviews. Now, even VW diehards are ripping the styling of the Golf and Jetta as being complete knock-offs of everything from a Corolla and Civic to the Mazda 3. I'm not sure how well its going to sell, especially since the base models have moved to a 5-cylinder and it seems as if its going upmarket. I'm guessing a base GL will probably top $18k.