When was the last time you looked at Consumer Reports. They 'Recommend' the Jetta 2.5 and the GTI gets excellent in all but 2 categories for reliability.
Get your facts straight and don't base it off of 10 year old information.
Oh, and best resale value...VW
http://www.kbb.com/kbb/ReviewsAndRatings/BestResaleValueAwards.aspx?YearId=2008&SelectedTabIndex=2
actually, every year of dependability and initialquality, VW and audi is at the bottom. its not 10yr old info, but info from last 10yrs cummulative.
if reliability/service is enough of a concern/priority for anybody, VW should not be anywhere on the list in shopping for cars.
you buy VW for a number of reasons (you like heavy cars, want the cheapest way to get "german" engineering or whatever), but never if reliability or service registers anywhere as a consideration.