Badge Ceiling?

motorguy

Clive_Woody wrote: »

I can think of several reasons, the most obvious being he has tall children who can stretch out in comfort in the back.

Or maybe he regularly drives with several colleagues and likes them to feel comfortable on long journeys.

Maybe he regularly has his parents in the back of the car and didn't want a poky little passat so they felt cramped.

:rotfl:

:T

Very good.

There are many, many things i would criticise the Passat for, being "pokey" and "little" are not among them. Whilst being a fan previously of big cars i found the Passat unnecessarily brutish at 4.8m long and 1.8 metres wide. To put that in perspective, a standard UK parking space is 4.8 metres long, and just 2.4 metres wide. A Superb cant even fit in a standard space, being 4.856 metres long.

And unless his sons have legs like a giraffe, they'll be just fine in a regular saloon car. No need for an XXL Superb.

Oh, and for the record, the Passat has the same interior rear leg space (to the nearest cm) as a Jaguar XJ, so any colleagues that travel in the back will have more than enough room.

Nasqueron

AdrianC wrote: »

Octavia?


So, umm, if you didn't want the "fast" version, why were you even looking at a VRS?

More expensive, harsher suspension, more expensive tyres, more likely to suffer pothole and kerbing damage, more likely to be nicked... all for being a little bit quicker than other Octavias.

Arguing, trolling and not even reading my post for the sake of making an argument, pointless.


I didn't say I didn't want a (relatively) powerful car, I said the salesman was pushing the "look how fast it can accelerate" nonsense. I wanted a car that had decent pull but decent MPG, smooth and comfortable etc, that was the demo model they had in that I could take out.

mobileron

Skoda Superb Europe car of the year 3 times.When i retired i changed my Jag for a Superb,was advised by a major fleet buyer to get one,for the reliability factor.

Now had it 3 years and extra costs are Zero.

Nearly_Old

motorguy wrote: »

Oh i wasnt saying "buy a golf hatch", just saying the hatch prices were more closely aligned. They are but the Golf is smaller.

If you need an estate, you need an estate

I think you've mised the point. I wanted a hatchbank but the only equivalent VW offfering was the Golf (too small) as there is no hatchback Passat. I don't like estates and wouldn't buy one so the only car available (hatchback,boot space, etc) in the Audi/VW/Skoda range was the Octavia.

ChrisK....._3

There's nothing to suggest that VWs success is attributed to Skoda acquisition when the rudimentary maths suggest VW were successful DESPITE selling VWs with a Skoda badge for cheap when they could have put a VW badge on and sold them for more

Car_54 wrote: »

1991 actually, and SEAT in 1986. But the strategy predated both.

Anyway, whatever the dates, it’s pretty clear that VW’s acquisition of Skoda has been a success, despite ChrisK’s bewilderment.

AdrianC

Nasqueron wrote: »

I didn't say I didn't want a (relatively) powerful car, I said the salesman was pushing the "look how fast it can accelerate" nonsense.

Yes, that's what power does.

I wanted a car that had decent pull

You mean mid-range torque?

smooth and comfortable etc

Which would, again, point away from the sporty version.

that was the demo model they had in that I could take out.

Indeed - I've never quite figured out what test-driving a different spec of car is meant to achieve.

Mercdriver

AdrianC wrote: »

Indeed - I've never quite figured out what test-driving a different spec of car is meant to achieve.

Like I said before, it is the action of a sales person trying to close a sale.

motorguy

Nearly_Old wrote: »

I think you've mised the point. I wanted a hatchbank but the only equivalent VW offfering was the Golf (too small) as there is no hatchback Passat. I don't like estates and wouldn't buy one so the only car available (hatchback,boot space, etc) in the Audi/VW/Skoda range was the Octavia.

Fair enough and i take your point.

As i said though (generally) speaking the prices between the two brands are relatively close (usually with a small number of exceptions) however you do - in the case of the Superb and Octavia get a bigger car for your money too.

motorguy

I can see how a Skoda would be a logical choice when purchasing - its a bit cheaper and a bit bigger, but i cant honestly say i've even felt a real "desire" to own one - which is important to me when i buy a car. Theres no emotion feeling with me about them.

AdrianC

motorguy wrote: »

...but i cant honestly say i've even felt a real "desire" to own one - which is important to me when i buy a car. Theres no emotion feeling with me about them.

But it's something that's utterly unimportant to a hell of a lot of people. They don't care about "emotion". A car is an appliance. White goods.

And if you don't believe me, just look at the majority of mobile porridge clogging our roads. Come to that, the vast majority of "vehicle operators" wouldn't recognise a dynamically superior car if it bit them.