sean sherry
Master
In spite of all the realistic assessing of the Old verses the New, it's not all bad news. Yesterday little Wifey and I went on a 150 K outing with our New 1.4 Lt Turbo Golf. Just as comfortable and quieter than our 3 year old C Class.
Biggest difference was the Fuel Consumption. '''' 4.8 L/P100ks. On the same mixed roads trip the Mercedes would have returned a reversed number ...8.4
The Turbo 1.8 Lt Merc. is a bit livelier but not by much. It costs 3 time as much as the VW! After 6 months ... no issues, must be made in Japan !
Biggest difference was the Fuel Consumption. '''' 4.8 L/P100ks. On the same mixed roads trip the Mercedes would have returned a reversed number ...8.4
The Turbo 1.8 Lt Merc. is a bit livelier but not by much. It costs 3 time as much as the VW! After 6 months ... no issues, must be made in Japan !