This is a really interesting thread, and it's good to see how people's experiences are on this forum and I wonder what the owners of the other marques would say regarding any negativity to VW dealers when they did their own dealership visits.
What's quite interesting is that it is all German marques 'we' seem to be looking at aside from the odd peek at a Focus ST or similar.
And on top of that when looking around the forums it's also the German marques that seem to be a hit with the thieving low lifes too so it's fairly clear that the German marques are the ones that have successfully set themselves up for the aspirational buyers with BMW seemingly having taken the company car market away from the likes of Ford and Vauxhall. Ford now seems to market 'lifestyle' type cars rather than the company car saloons and medium hatchbacks that used to be their staple diet and Vauxhall are just flooding the small car market with colourful Corsas.
Ok, not exactly an exhaustive bit of market research but it shows what the demography of this forum is and how certain brands appeal to 'us' and how quickly our shortlists come down to certain models very quickly despite the literally hundreds of cars available on the market.
Mind you, I'd much rather be in Matchboy's brother's shoes financially than my own!!!!
