Originally Posted by Quattro Pete
According to spec, 2019 Jetta has 37.4" of rear leg room. 2019 Alltrack has 35.6" of rear leg room. By comparison, my old 5-series has only 34.2" of rear leg room, and yet I don't find rear space to be an issue, alas, I'm on the shorter side.
All in all, Jetta/Golf are compact cars. If you need lots of interior room, you should be looking at a different segment/category, IMO.
Good spec listing. I was thinking to offer a link of some sort to that info. All cars and reviews have handy comparison stuff like that these days.
As per rear seat room or leg room, many nits I see posted about vehicles strike me and things somebody got wrong or just didn't catch when they were test driving or considering vehicle choices. Of course, needs or expectations change as well and not everyone goes 6- 8 or 10 years with the same car either. Some still swap out every 2 - 3 or few years.
Other times, vehicles are discredited for traits or features that are inherent in the design and layout and work well for the owners that did their homework. Mine is my personal daily driver and I'm thinking long road trips for one or two adults in the back seat would not be roomy for any 5'10" and up. That occasion may happen someday but for the most part our comfort cruiser, people-hauler is the CX-9.
*Admittedly, I did grow out my G-35 coupe for the more and more numerous occasions of growing grandkids and kid seats in that back cubby known as a rear seat in the 2+2 configuration. I did have a 5 year spell of some fun in one of my favorite sport car body styles though. Pushing 60 years, lifting toddlers in and out of a cramped rear seat is like investing in Tylenol.