If when I purchased my Golf, it came with a 1.4, would have moved up to a GTI. There are no redeeming qualities for the Golf over the new Jetta for 95% of the buying public. Sales numbers speak for themselves. If any one of you had a store and you sold 90,000 of one item and 6,000 of another, you would drop one for sure. Just watch Shark Tank. Taking up shelf space with a bad product. Not to mention the cost to ship, store, test, certify train personnel on etc etc.
I love mine and would probably buy another one (actually next one would have been an awd Sportwagen, but it's the smart move.