I wouldn’t argue with that F4celess.
I just find a lot of Japanese motors, well, uninspiring. And lots of em look really weird.
I do like VAG stuff. My last car was a VW Bora, had it for ten years with very few issues. Well other than the engine management light being on for 7 years. Did try initially to figure out what was wrong with it, but gave up and just kept driving it. Boys at work slagged me for keeping it so long and called it the Boring Bora, but stone me it was a decent motor.
Had the Yeti for almost 4 years now from very nearly new (pre reg job). Great spec, decent 150hp diesel engine so it’s nippy enough, and 4wd. And I love my leather heated seats. Had the horn fail – common fault, but that’s the only issue I can think of that I’ve had so far – again fingers crossed.
The thing with European cars, German in particular, they are ALL bland shapes, hence there's not a lot there for people to grumble about. "Safe" styling.
Plus alot is about the influence of the BADGE / reputation... If it has VW or AUDI on it, it could be a polished turd on wheels, it'll still sell like hotcakes!
One of my previous cars was a 5 series BMW (I thought I'd give it a try
). Rust was soon springing up all over it (particularly sills and wheel arches which were expensive to fix economically), so I ended up giving it away as Scrap! Also paid a small fortune on various mechanical parts in the engine bay that chose to give up, at the most inconvenient times. Certainly "paid" dearly driving that premium brand!
At least the Japanese think
outside the box with their car designs, rather than starting their design AS a box or rectangle, just with a few sharp edges curved off - " That'll be a Golf ".