OT: European Cars, Are any better than they use to be? Options

[Allan]

My wife is going to for sure have to sell her car prior to our move to Turkey and she has been looking at the auto market to see what is available.

We are going to stay away from any of the eastern european manufacturers but she has seen a few of the Pugeot, Citroen (both French), Alfa (Italian), and Rover (British) cars that have the styling she likes.

Does anyone have any knowledge of these cars as far as reliability, performance, safety, etc?

I'm leaning toward either a Volvo S40 or S60.

One consideration is that the more common the car the better the likelyhood of finding competent mechanics.

Has reliability gotten any better?

[Gustl]

Skoda and Seat belong to the VW-Group for more than 10 years
they all use the same technical basis
it doesn't matter if you decide for a VW Golf Variant, an Audi A4 Variant or a Skoda Octavia Combi
a Seat Alhambra is just the same car as the VW Sharan
the Seat Cordoba Vario was the same car as the VW Polo Variant
the Seat Arosa was the same car than the VW Lupo
a Skoda Fabia is more or less the same as a VW Polo

they all use the same engines, trannys, base plates and similar interior
they only vary in design and the feeling they want to transport

only Audi tries to be (or is?) more upper class - but VW offers the Phaeton and the Touareg
even Skoda offers an upper class sedan - the Superb ...


Allen - what size/class are you thinking of ??

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/wavey.gif) Gustl