The most popular cars in Europe – by country
What is the best-selling car in other countries, tho’? Find out below which cars the rest of Europe loves as much as the UK loves the Ford Fiesta, measured by market analysts JATO Dynamics:
With no mainstream car manufacturers, Austria’s top-seller can’t be from a domestic manufacturer. Seven thousand five hundred twenty buyers have flocked to the Volkswagen Golf so far in 2017, while the next two are also VW big-hitters; the Polo, at 5411, and the Tiguan at 5154.
The same can be said for Belgium, but clearly being wedged inbetween France and Germany has its effects: the Volkswagen Golf is the most popular car, followed by the Renault Clio and Opel Corsa . 8294, six thousand eight hundred seventy three and six thousand four hundred ten have found owners respectively in 2017.
It’s all switch in Croatia; last year, the best-sellers were the Nissan Qashqai and Toyota Yaris, while this year, the Renault Clio, Skoda Octavia and Opel Astra take the top three so far, with 1714, one thousand five hundred twenty five and eleven thousand four hundred fifty two sales respectively.
No two guesses which carmaker rules supreme here – the Skoda Octavia has sold fourteen thousand four hundred thirty nine units and the second-best-seller was the Fabia, which sold 12277, in fact, half of the country’s top ten best-sellers are Skodas. The Rapid takes third, with five thousand nine hundred fifty nine sold so far.
Peugeot’s only top spot in Europe is in Denmark, where five thousand five hundred eighty three 208s have found homes in two thousand seventeen so far, while the next best-seller was the Nissan Qashqai, of which three thousand eight hundred seventy eight were sold. Trailing slightly in third place is the Volkswagen Polo; three thousand six hundred eighty nine have found homes so far this year.
Estonia has a proclivity for larger cars, it would seem, as the Skoda Octavia takes pole position having sold six hundred seventy two cars, while five hundred six and four hundred seventy six units put the Toyota Avensis and Renault Clio in 2nd and third place respectively.
Skoda claims another victory in Finland with the Octavia – three thousand three hundred twenty have been there in 2017. 2nd place was taken by the Nissan Qashqai, albeit only slightly less – two thousand seven hundred eighty seven – have been sold across the year so far. Volvo’s S90 and V90 combine to take third place with two thousand one hundred seventy four sales.
Little surprise here; France’s top car is the Renault Clio, and a whopping 64,379 take it right to the top. The Peugeot two hundred eight takes 2nd place, with 54,803 units being sold, while the other French supermini, the Citroën C3, takes third with 40,928. Only one car, the Dacia Sandero, in France’s top ten last year wasn’t from France, but even then, Dacia is Renault-owned.
The Volkswagen Golf, Polo and Passat took a 1-2-3 on home turf, with the Golf having sold 85,267 cars in the country. It sells so well that the second-place Polo sold less than half this number; 40,148, while the Polo goes after just behind on 37,061. GM-owned Opel Astra and Corsa – fifth and tenth with 65,197 and fifty five thousand one hundred ninety six sales – were the only non-German-owned cars in the top ten last year.
The Toyota Yaris takes the top spot in Greece, with two thousand seven hundred ninety eight cars sold, compared to the second-place Nissan Micra’s two thousand twenty three units sold. Third goes to the Fiat Panda; one thousand eight hundred seventeen have found Greek homes since January 1st.
Hungarian buyers are thirsty (sorry) for the Suzuki Vitara, fairly very likely because it’s made there – the model sold three thousand nine hundred fifty two units there in 2016. Meantime, the Skoda Octavia sold two thousand six hundred twenty six down in 2nd place, and the Opel Astra has sold 2111.
Hyundai has well and truly taken hold in Ireland; the Tucson was the best-selling car across the Irish sea in 2016, and grew by a staggering 11,323% over 2015, and remains at the top for 2017, having sold three thousand five hundred eighty six units so far. The Nissan Qashqai, meantime, sold 3146, and the Volkswagen Golf completes the top three, with two thousand eight hundred twenty three sales.
Nationalism wins, once again – the Fiat Panda is the best-selling car in Italy so far this year, with 86,636 finding homes – the best-selling car in any single market . The Lancia Ypsilon was 2nd, with a comparatively piddly 37,043. The Fiat Tipo, having shifted 36,557, was a close third. It was a 60/40 split inbetween Fiat Chrysler group cars and other manufacturers in Italy last year, with the Renault Clio , Ford Fiesta , and Volkswagens Polo and Golf in the top ten, too.
Another win for Nissan – the Qashqai claims a petite victory so far this year, with four hundred fifty five sold overall. The Volkswagen Golf came in 2nd, having sold three hundred twenty one units, while the third-place Skoda Octavia sold 316.
Fiat’s 2nd pole position came in Lithuania, where the five hundred has sold one thousand five hundred fifty one so far, while the Skoda Octavia is the 2nd best-seller, on 500. The Volkswagen Passat sneaks a third with 481.
It’s all switch for the Dutch! The Volkswagen Golf has been ousted from its top spot and out of the top three altogether – the Renault Clio, Volkswagen Up and Opel Astra have usurped it, with 6046, five thousand six hundred seventy three and five thousand six hundred sixty three sales.
Surprise! The Volkswagen Golf is the best-selling car in Norway so far this year, with five thousand thirty four sold. The BMW i3 was in 2nd place, but has sold a third less than the Golf’s Norwegian total, at 2769. The Passat remains in third place, at 2617.
Skoda took another top two in Poland, with the Octavia and Fabia taking very first and 2nd place; the Octavia taking nine thousand eight hundred seventy six and Fabia taking nine thousand two hundred forty two sales in the country. Opel’s Astra is third, on 8488.
French superminis find more homes than anything else in Portugal, as the Renault Clio has sold eight thousand four hundred forty five as the country’s best-seller and the Peugeot two hundred eight sold 4718, while the Renault Mégane has sold 3902.
Dacia took its home market by storm last year, and proceeds to do so. The Logan and Duster make up the top two, with the former finding homes in six thousand one hundred eighty nine garages, and the latter parked in 2747. The Sandero takes fourth place, and Skoda Octavia slips in at third in the Romanian market, with 1766.
The Skoda Fabia takes its very first pole position in Slovakia, while its thicker brother, the Octavia, isn’t far behind. The Fabia has been bought by two thousand seven hundred thirty five Slovakians, and the Octavia has been bought by 2710. The Rapid, in third place, has sold 1926.
The Renault Clio claims another very first place in the Slovenian market, with two thousand two hundred twenty nine sales ensuring its lead over the Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia , which sold one thousand six hundred thirty eight and 1534. The Clio is due to be built in Slovenia in facelifted form, which should help it maintain its lofty position there.
What’s Spanish for ‘quelle surprise’? The Seat Ibiza and Leon take gold and silver in Spain, with 20,271 and Nineteen,183 finding a place in the sun last year, and the Opel Corsa’s 17,080 sales give it third place. Remarkably, tho’, the rest of the top ten is a healthy mix. Introductions of the Ateca and Arona SUVs could make Seat’s footprint in Spain larger, however.
There was uproar last year when the Volkswagen Golf took the lead in Sweden’s car market from Volvo, but three Volvos combined took 2nd: the S80, V70 and XC70. The S90 and V90 are back on top now anyway, with 12,581 sales, while the XC60 thrusts the Golf down into third place; 11,909 sales striking the German’s 8405.
With no native carmakers of any large volume, the Swiss buy the Skoda Octavia, Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Tiguan more than any other cars. Five thousand one hundred fifty one have bought an Octavia so far this year, and four thousand one hundred fifty eight and two thousand nine hundred seventy eight have bought Golfs and Tiguans.
The Fiesta is perched atop the lofty list of the UK’s top-sellers, with 59,380 this year so far. 40,045 Ford Concentrate and 36,703 Volkswagen Golf sales cement 2nd and third places for the best-seller regulars. You can find the rest of the best-seller list here.
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Why anyone would choose to
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
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odie_the_dog wrote:
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid lump of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – truly? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps individual practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means dangle on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are downright right. Well done.
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odie_the_dog wrote:
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid chunk of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – truly? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps individual practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means suspend on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are entirely right. Well done.
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A single Golf is not statistics
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid chunk of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – indeed? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps private practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means string up on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are entirely right. Well done.
Reliability surveys never put VW cars at the top end. odie_the_dog mentioned Honda Civic as a better alternative. It certainly is, as far as reliability is worried, and in many other aspects, too. But Europe jams to European made cars, maybe wisely, since they want to keep European employed.
The most popular cars in Europe – by country, Autocar
The most popular cars in Europe – by country
What is the best-selling car in other countries, tho’? Find out below which cars the rest of Europe loves as much as the UK loves the Ford Fiesta, measured by market analysts JATO Dynamics:
With no mainstream car manufacturers, Austria’s top-seller can’t be from a domestic manufacturer. Seven thousand five hundred twenty buyers have flocked to the Volkswagen Golf so far in 2017, while the next two are also VW big-hitters; the Polo, at 5411, and the Tiguan at 5154.
The same can be said for Belgium, but clearly being wedged inbetween France and Germany has its effects: the Volkswagen Golf is the most popular car, followed by the Renault Clio and Opel Corsa . 8294, six thousand eight hundred seventy three and six thousand four hundred ten have found owners respectively in 2017.
It’s all switch in Croatia; last year, the best-sellers were the Nissan Qashqai and Toyota Yaris, while this year, the Renault Clio, Skoda Octavia and Opel Astra take the top three so far, with 1714, one thousand five hundred twenty five and eleven thousand four hundred fifty two sales respectively.
No two guesses which carmaker rules supreme here – the Skoda Octavia has sold fourteen thousand four hundred thirty nine units and the second-best-seller was the Fabia, which sold 12277, in fact, half of the country’s top ten best-sellers are Skodas. The Rapid takes third, with five thousand nine hundred fifty nine sold so far.
Peugeot’s only top spot in Europe is in Denmark, where five thousand five hundred eighty three 208s have found homes in two thousand seventeen so far, while the next best-seller was the Nissan Qashqai, of which three thousand eight hundred seventy eight were sold. Trailing slightly in third place is the Volkswagen Polo; three thousand six hundred eighty nine have found homes so far this year.
Estonia has a proclivity for larger cars, it would seem, as the Skoda Octavia takes pole position having sold six hundred seventy two cars, while five hundred six and four hundred seventy six units put the Toyota Avensis and Renault Clio in 2nd and third place respectively.
Skoda claims another victory in Finland with the Octavia – three thousand three hundred twenty have been there in 2017. 2nd place was taken by the Nissan Qashqai, albeit only slightly less – two thousand seven hundred eighty seven – have been sold across the year so far. Volvo’s S90 and V90 combine to take third place with two thousand one hundred seventy four sales.
Little surprise here; France’s top car is the Renault Clio, and a whopping 64,379 take it right to the top. The Peugeot two hundred eight takes 2nd place, with 54,803 units being sold, while the other French supermini, the Citroën C3, takes third with 40,928. Only one car, the Dacia Sandero, in France’s top ten last year wasn’t from France, but even then, Dacia is Renault-owned.
The Volkswagen Golf, Polo and Passat took a 1-2-3 on home turf, with the Golf having sold 85,267 cars in the country. It sells so well that the second-place Polo sold less than half this number; 40,148, while the Polo goes after just behind on 37,061. GM-owned Opel Astra and Corsa – fifth and tenth with 65,197 and fifty five thousand one hundred ninety six sales – were the only non-German-owned cars in the top ten last year.
The Toyota Yaris takes the top spot in Greece, with two thousand seven hundred ninety eight cars sold, compared to the second-place Nissan Micra’s two thousand twenty three units sold. Third goes to the Fiat Panda; one thousand eight hundred seventeen have found Greek homes since January 1st.
Hungarian buyers are greedy (sorry) for the Suzuki Vitara, fairly most likely because it’s made there – the model sold three thousand nine hundred fifty two units there in 2016. Meantime, the Skoda Octavia sold two thousand six hundred twenty six down in 2nd place, and the Opel Astra has sold 2111.
Hyundai has well and truly taken hold in Ireland; the Tucson was the best-selling car across the Irish sea in 2016, and grew by a staggering 11,323% over 2015, and remains at the top for 2017, having sold three thousand five hundred eighty six units so far. The Nissan Qashqai, meantime, sold 3146, and the Volkswagen Golf completes the top three, with two thousand eight hundred twenty three sales.
Nationalism wins, once again – the Fiat Panda is the best-selling car in Italy so far this year, with 86,636 finding homes – the best-selling car in any single market . The Lancia Ypsilon was 2nd, with a comparatively piddly 37,043. The Fiat Tipo, having shifted 36,557, was a close third. It was a 60/40 split inbetween Fiat Chrysler group cars and other manufacturers in Italy last year, with the Renault Clio , Ford Fiesta , and Volkswagens Polo and Golf in the top ten, too.
Another win for Nissan – the Qashqai claims a petite victory so far this year, with four hundred fifty five sold overall. The Volkswagen Golf came in 2nd, having sold three hundred twenty one units, while the third-place Skoda Octavia sold 316.
Fiat’s 2nd pole position came in Lithuania, where the five hundred has sold one thousand five hundred fifty one so far, while the Skoda Octavia is the 2nd best-seller, on 500. The Volkswagen Passat sneaks a third with 481.
It’s all switch for the Dutch! The Volkswagen Golf has been ousted from its top spot and out of the top three altogether – the Renault Clio, Volkswagen Up and Opel Astra have usurped it, with 6046, five thousand six hundred seventy three and five thousand six hundred sixty three sales.
Surprise! The Volkswagen Golf is the best-selling car in Norway so far this year, with five thousand thirty four sold. The BMW i3 was in 2nd place, but has sold a third less than the Golf’s Norwegian total, at 2769. The Passat remains in third place, at 2617.
Skoda took another top two in Poland, with the Octavia and Fabia taking very first and 2nd place; the Octavia taking nine thousand eight hundred seventy six and Fabia taking nine thousand two hundred forty two sales in the country. Opel’s Astra is third, on 8488.
French superminis find more homes than anything else in Portugal, as the Renault Clio has sold eight thousand four hundred forty five as the country’s best-seller and the Peugeot two hundred eight sold 4718, while the Renault Mégane has sold 3902.
Dacia took its home market by storm last year, and proceeds to do so. The Logan and Duster make up the top two, with the former finding homes in six thousand one hundred eighty nine garages, and the latter parked in 2747. The Sandero takes fourth place, and Skoda Octavia slips in at third in the Romanian market, with 1766.
The Skoda Fabia takes its very first pole position in Slovakia, while its fatter brother, the Octavia, isn’t far behind. The Fabia has been bought by two thousand seven hundred thirty five Slovakians, and the Octavia has been bought by 2710. The Rapid, in third place, has sold 1926.
The Renault Clio claims another very first place in the Slovenian market, with two thousand two hundred twenty nine sales ensuring its lead over the Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Octavia , which sold one thousand six hundred thirty eight and 1534. The Clio is due to be built in Slovenia in facelifted form, which should help it maintain its lofty position there.
What’s Spanish for ‘quelle surprise’? The Seat Ibiza and Leon take gold and silver in Spain, with 20,271 and Nineteen,183 finding a place in the sun last year, and the Opel Corsa’s 17,080 sales give it third place. Remarkably, tho’, the rest of the top ten is a healthy mix. Introductions of the Ateca and Arona SUVs could make Seat’s footprint in Spain larger, however.
There was uproar last year when the Volkswagen Golf took the lead in Sweden’s car market from Volvo, but three Volvos combined took 2nd: the S80, V70 and XC70. The S90 and V90 are back on top now anyway, with 12,581 sales, while the XC60 thrusts the Golf down into third place; 11,909 sales hitting the German’s 8405.
With no native carmakers of any large volume, the Swiss buy the Skoda Octavia, Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen Tiguan more than any other cars. Five thousand one hundred fifty one have bought an Octavia so far this year, and four thousand one hundred fifty eight and two thousand nine hundred seventy eight have bought Golfs and Tiguans.
The Fiesta is perched atop the lofty list of the UK’s top-sellers, with 59,380 this year so far. 40,045 Ford Concentrate and 36,703 Volkswagen Golf sales cement 2nd and third places for the best-seller regulars. You can find the rest of the best-seller list here.
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Nissan Qashqai
Nissan's 2nd crossover album goes platinum, but can a light refresh to the Qashqai and some added extras help it hold off the advances from the Seat Ateca and Skoda Kodiaq
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Why anyone would choose to
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
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odie_the_dog wrote:
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid lump of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – indeed? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps individual practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means suspend on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are entirely right. Well done.
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odie_the_dog wrote:
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid lump of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – truly? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps private practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means string up on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are downright right. Well done.
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A single Golf is not statistics
Why anyone would choose to buy that overpriced, unreliable turgid chunk of machinery the VW Golf is beyond me.
Indifferent treating, an interior which makes Leonard Cohen’s greatest hits seem cheerful, average reliability, diesel engines which not only have cheat devices but also are as rough as a badgers behind all line up against it.
Give me the keys to a Concentrate or a Honda Civic any day, usually cheaper, better built, better to drive, more reliable etc etc
I’ll take the bait. firstly, unreliable? Hmmm..had a Mk4 Golf, Mk5 and two Mk7’s and not ONE problem with any of them. Don’t tar every car with the same brush. (For the record I haven’t had those cars back to back before you say I am an all out VW fan).
Indifferent treating – yep I would say a Concentrate treats better but as an all rounder it’s a good balance and I am not the very first and won’t be the last to say this and the Mk7 is fairly decent – the Mk4 was woeful admittedly.
Interior. yeah OK, the interior on my current GTD must be awful according to you. The interior isn’t why I bought it, but it sure is a nice place to sit without having the pretentious status that goes with say an A3 or one series. To add, a friend with a fresh Concentrate sat in mine and said how nice it was.
Rough diesel engines – indeed? Mine isn’t rough and the same engine performs well on that front in other VAG cars too, eg Octavia, Leon etc.
And the last point, yep I would say the Concentrate is generally better to drive when comparing all versions and it is cheaper, yes you are absolutely right. Better built? That’s down to opinion and perhaps private practices. The Civic? I like Honda, but gees, you’re attempting to tell me that ugly Civic is a better car?! Yeah right – that’s why it outsells the Golf does it?
But by all means string up on to your obviously ongoing hatred of the car, for every single one of us who have bought one are wrong, and you, are totally right. Well done.
Reliability surveys never put VW cars at the top end. odie_the_dog mentioned Honda Civic as a better alternative. It certainly is, as far as reliability is worried, and in many other aspects, too. But Europe catapults to European made cars, maybe wisely, since they want to keep European employed.