The Jetta was not decontented when it moved to Mexico. They have been built in Puebla for quite a while. My 2002 1.8T was built there, as was my 2006 2.5. The "cheapening" started with the 2011 model, and was done specificly to reduce the price point of the car. Yes, it was a significant drop from the quality of materials that we are accustomed to, but don't blame it on being built in Mexico. As others have noted, the Sportswagen is also built there, using the higher quality materials from before the change.
It does seem that VW is slowly moving back to the higher end materials that we enjoyed in the past, but you have to see it from their end. When they were able to reduce the cost/price, sales skyrocketed. That was their goal. I believe they are subtlely pushing people like me to Audi, and unless they build a TDI Tiguan or the CrossBlue concept with a TDI soon, I will be moving to the Q5 TDI shortly after it arrives here. I hate to leave my VW dealer (yes, I actually said that
), but I want a car with the options I want, and VW isn't providing them.