Alfa Romeo Mito
BMW 7-series
Ford Fiesta
Honda Odyssey
Holden Cruze
Mazda3
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Nissan 370Z
Nissan GT-R
Nissan Maxima
Skoda Superb
Subaru Libery/Outback
Toyota Prius
VW Golf
One of the other cars nominated
Entirely unsurprised with the result but this Competition is proving more and more each year it's a matter of the best compromise more than the best outright car.
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There is something to be said about the car that is truly special or is capable of altering the playing field, but performs other roles less effectively, that a test like this does not treat kindly.
The Golf is most things to most people. Thus victory.
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I made top 4!.
IT'S OFFICIAL. I'M A SUZUKI KIZASHI SPORT FAN-BOY.
what stops me from buying this over a XR6 SV6 ?. drive-train. place a little wrx evo magic under the bonnet and i'm sold!.
Meanwhile, while the magazine was busy extolling VAG 'perceived quality' magnificence, their 'Wheels' long-term Octavia test-car developed a "faint rubbing noise that increased with road speed" which was initially diagnosed as something caught between brake disc and caliper, but it turned out that the 7-speed DSG had clapped out at 7,000 kms and had to be replaced by a new gearbox
(due to 'premature' wear of a bearing on the output shaft)
There's been numerous mentions of the DSG trait to thunk & shunt during low-speed manoeuvres and you really have to wonder how few years of depreciation it will take before an out-of-warranty repair on this scale will render fancy and otherwise still-valuable cars like these down into technical write-off status.
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re 'perceived quality' you don't have to listen very hard to hear the sound of Golf owners hitting the ground after falling over when they get the bill for premature brake wear; I think its a minimum $800 or such for just a pad reline and tales of angst due to excessively high oil consumption with their 'perceived quality' VAG engines...
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