(Rich) Peoples Car?

[aixlad]

A Skoda is a cheap Volkswagen, rather like an Audi being an expensive Volkswagen.  Got it?

[dub_addicted]

LOL i know, i was taking the mickey

[aixlad]

So was I...........  Makes you think though, especially now the Mk5 Golf is so bland and uninteresting.  A couple or three weeks ago Auto-Express (I think) published some photos of the new 2005 Polo.  The rear lights on the new 2005 Polo will be exactly the same as those found on the Golf.

Now, has anyone ever seen, from the side elevation,  a 3-door Mk5 Golf parked right next to a 3-door Polo?  They are exactly the same!  Look at the rear side window, it has the same contour.  Check also the angle of the bonnet line, and the tailgate, and windscreen.  The new Golf just looks like an enlarged Polo. 

I've heard that this will be the last Golf, maybe VW have the eventual intention to merge the Golf and the Polo into one body style, called the Golo, or Polf................

[dub_addicted]

 are you kidding the last golf, were did  u hear this from ? and yea wen u said that the new golf looks like the polo in the side view, come to think of it, it really does lol, surely vw is not gonna stop making the golf bein so popular

[aixlad]

Well I was told 2 years ago that the Mk5 would be the last Golf as VW wanted to introduce new models and the Golf just sat inappropriately right in the middle.  That's why I'm thinking that the Polo and Golf will be eventually merged into one vehicle, and considering the Mk5 is just so similar to the current Polo I think it's now at a position where they can easily be merged into one. 

How many years was it before Ford dropped the Escort name, completely revamped that particular market with the Focus, and resulted in the best selling family hatch year on year?  The VW brands have become dull over the years.  The Lupo, Polo, Golf, Passatt and Sharan are all dull, uninteresting and over priced.  SEAT have produced Sporty and Stylish cars, Skoda have produced Cheap and Reliable cars, and Audi have produced cars to challenge the likes of BMW and Mercedes.  VW have now launched the Phaeton and Toureg, what the hell are they aimed at?  If you had ?50k in your piggy bank, you really would not consider a Phaeton because it's just a big Passatt (like a Skoda Superb), neither would you have a Toureg, you'd have a Range Rover.  Just where are VW trying to place themselves with their high priced branding? 

[richy]

I'd love a Cupra R in a few years. 

[Klaus23]

I thought that the MkV was a great thing too, in the sense that VW was returning to the core market that the GTi appealed to, eg. 18-27 year old men.

However, the prices alone ?20 (UK), 30+k euro, mean that the car is being priced out of the range of the target market. Add also the long-term costs of maintaining a Turbo, and the fact that the car only takes Super Unleaded, and you really have an expensive long term prospect on your hands.

I would definitely go for the Fabia. It has got amazing reviews, and is faster than you think. ?8k is a lot of money - if you're financing the car, it's even more. Buy yourself something interesting with the change.

I drove a vRS Fabia two months back and was impressed. I'm probably the last of the anti-diesel brigade, but I would now be persuaded to change camp. I've also driven an Ibiza Cupra and could not believe how much more urgent the car felt compared to the Mk4 GTi. So if I was to go for the choices proposed, I'd take the Leon Cupra. Haven't been near one, but you can get one here in great nick for ?7490.

[sarigan]

I have a new MkV GTI and my comments now are probably very biased but I love it and think it was worth every penny.  Got it in Metallic Steel Grey with only Multi CD as extra.  It hurt to part with the cash but the car feels every bit worth it.  The performance is excellent with power right across the board.  For such a 'bland car' it certainly turns a lot of heads.  I have previously owned a Scooby and have recently driven the new WRX and the Golf wins hands down.

 

[tinman]

just playing with the gti configurator and its quoting ?27.5k for my mk5!! 

kinda think i'd pay the extra ?2.5k and buy a s/h Noble.

[mix]

nah, pay 20k and and get oneof the ariel atom cars!!!