Reply With QuoteSuperb wagon should be here any minute, I saw one getting about in Geelong earlier in the year so they must be doing some testing/dealer showcasing.
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Superb wagon should be here any minute, I saw one getting about in Geelong earlier in the year so they must be doing some testing/dealer showcasing.
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The first ones arrive here at the end of this month (eg VERY soonOriginally Posted by woofy
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Mine: Silver 2006 Volkswagen Golf Sportline 2.0FSI 6M (with a sunroof)
Parents': Candy White 2008 Skoda Octavia RS 2.0TFSI 6M Liftback
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Think it'll be too big for us, but I can't help but be keen to take a peek anyway
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Great post...never realised they were priced that close. Am trying to remember how they are placed (price wise) in the UK, same goes for SEAT I suppose.
haha..not generalising or anything?...im sure VW drivers think the same about Audi drivers right?
1986 MkII Golf GTI 16V (Sold), 2005 MkV Golf GTI (Sold), 2007 Polo GTI (Sold), 2011 Polo 66TDI (Selling), 2012 Passat 125 TDI Bluemotion, 2013 Scirocco R (Due October!)
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A couple of issues I picked up when shopping for a car:
- add on options, and the VW becomes way more expensive. I can't believe that the VW parts which are nearly identical to the Skoda ones cost so much more,
- I didn't get to talk turkey with VW (see next point) but the discounts for the Skoda were hard to beat. My optioned up RS will end up costing less than the advertised drive away price
- no-one in VW wanted to talk to me. Maybe it was the shorts, thongs and t-shirt but no dealer wanted to come near me. Down the road at Skoda was a different story.
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Skoda is marketed in the UK very much as a budget brand and list prices are substaintially less expensive but so are the trim levels. Everything is an option. Take the VRS for example, the Maxidot display is an option, heated seats are optional, a spare wheel is optional, rear parking sensors are optional, auto wipers are optional, all those things are included as standard here.
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Lol oops, of course not, I probably should've put even more emphasis on the Passat R36 part...Great post...never realised they were priced that close. Am trying to remember how they are placed (price wise) in the UK, same goes for SEAT I suppose.
haha..not generalising or anything?...im sure VW drivers think the same about Audi drivers right?
Mine: Silver 2006 Volkswagen Golf Sportline 2.0FSI 6M (with a sunroof)
Parents': Candy White 2008 Skoda Octavia RS 2.0TFSI 6M Liftback
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Great job on the list Jake02, but pricing is not the reason why people will buy a Skoda over a VW and vice versa. All of model ranges how ever similar mechanically cannot be aligned that close. I've always found it amusing how there is a continual comparison between a GTI and a VRS, when all they share is an engine. Dynamically they are totally different cars with the Octavia being far larger, with a greater level of standard trim and options.. the same can be said for the Superb Combi which i have ordered. And ill fill in a gap you have for the passat/superb area.
The Passat/R36 is dated now, the interior is now a 5-6 year old design which feels cheap compared to the Superb's luxurious and heavily appointed one. Although it outperforms the Superb its not by allot and the ride suffers heavily with the R36 sports suspension being a tooth rattler, being harsher than the ride I get in my vRS Octavia.
The Passat V6 Highline is only the 3.2lt engine where as all the V6 Superbs are the same 3.6lt as the R36 ( just in a different tune )
If you look at the options between the Superb and Passat there are some similarities, but that's about where it ends.
The Passat like most VW's are not as supple on the road like the Superb which has a ride closer to that of a Jag. ( This is based on my recent road tests and experience ) I tested the following wagons R36, the V6 Highline, A6, A4, then i threw a 3.0lt liberty and a 323bmw and a 525bmw.
What I noticed is the Superb's packaging and build quality exceeds all the others, you cant match the value for money in a luxury wagon with that much room. Only car in Australia with similar storage capacity is a Commodore( no comment on quality there ). Added the sheer space is the combination of clever packaging of VW parts the interior is superior to the spartan very bmw like interior of the passat. The A6/323/525 wagons are stupidly expensive to get similar performance as the Superb and the Subaru just felt cheap and tacky all up.
I still believe that all Skoda models, how ever you try and align them with their platform brothers and sisters fit a niche individually. VW as a parent company are clever enough to realise, they can fill in the gaps between its primary named brand with its sub companies.
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If pricing was the only issue why would anybody buy an Audi?
When I was looking for a new car I never even walked into a VW dealership. The thought of comparing a VW offering with what I was after in a Skoda never actually entered my head. Anybody who is buying simply on price should head for ther nearest Kia or Great Wall dealership and go no further.
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