Quality niggles with new Euro

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Originally Posted by antony

No ,Which ? and What car magazines rate the Accord as tops,and Honda as a manufacturer rates very highly in general in the UK.

The Skoda is basically a poor VW...

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Originally Posted by antony

No ,Which ? and What car magazines rate the Accord as tops,and Honda as a manufacturer rates very highly in general in the UK.

The Skoda is basically a poor VW...

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We're talking about ownership surveys here, tho, just to name a few...

What Car? - Reader Awards 2010 - Best Manufacturer
2009 Auto Express - Driver Power Survey Best manufacturer
2008 Auto Express - Driver Power Survey Overall winner
2007 Auto Express - Driver Power Survey Overall winner
2009 JD Power - Customer Satisfaction Octavia: Best Family Car
2008 JD Power - Customer satisfaction Survey, 2nd (lexus 1st, honda 3rd)
2007 JD Power - Customer satisfaction Survey, 2nd (lexus 1st, honda tied 2nd)

Skoda maybe a part of the VAG group...but it's by no means poor, have you sat in the new Superb?
Not that I'm taking it out on Honda but Skoda is like selling cars with quality of Honda's (and interior plastic quality that puts the MB C-class to shame) at the price of Hyundai/Toyota....

I mean do you remember on top gear what Clarkson said about Honda's in general? he refer them as 'pensioner' mobiles.
Despite all the cool stuff Honda had built, s2k/integras/nsx 'n' all, you'd most likely see a pensioner in a Jazz on UK roads than a cool dude in a s2k or Accord.
10-15 years ago, if I wanted a reliable and economical car in UK i'd probably get a Honda, but now there are more choices.

Skoda Superb won Fifth Gear's 2010 Family car of the year.
http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/videos...ear-award-2010

Fifth Gear's Tif and Viki also raced a CU2 in a 24 hour Le Mans race (although I recall that they had some issues with the after market ECU...)

As for Top Gear....LOL Just an Entertainment show now.....(Oh let's watch Clarkson do another burnout) Yawn!!!!

I am by no means knocking VW,I have had 4 of their products,and was very impressed.

The last one was a 2007 Jetta,which was in some ways better than the Euro...

Better rear legroom,much deeper boot,more features for the money,and more economical.

The Euro has many advantages over the Jetta too,but I think they are both excellent products.

As far as sales volumes go,VW seems to be very aggressive worldwide,whereas Honda seem to be a bit asleep.eg...Where is the diesel Euro,surely it would be a big hit in Australia ???