i dont doubt for a second that many of the competition have out done vw in many ways, but vw made the first hot hatch. they also made 50mpg look uneconomic. they made a diesels engines that make petrol engines look like mopeds, they made the worlds fasted car, they made the worls most desirable cars, they made the vr6 (and vr5) both of which make ure pants damp to listen too, the w8, the w12, the w16, the v10 and v12 tdi. so i trust them to make my little normal persons car to very high standards