Audi vs VW vs SEAT

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Fri 25 Jan 2002 20:58
Audi vs VW vs SEAT - Martin Wall
Had a look at an Audi A3 the other day - nice car but SO damned expensive - about 16K for a small hatchback! Makes the Golf and the even cheaper Leon seem like great value. How does VAG get away with such a wide discrepancy for more or less the same car with differnt badges?

btw- anybody out there got first hand experience of a Leon - reliability, running costs etc.?
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Fri 25 Jan 2002 21:18
Re: Audi vs VW vs SEAT - Martin Wall
...bad form to follow up my own post but I also saw an Audi A2 at the dealer's - it looks a bit too futuristic if you ask me. Does it hold its value well? (I haven't seen many on the roads...)
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Fri 25 Jan 2002 21:32
Re: Audi vs VW vs SEAT - Nicholas Moore
A2 holds its value very well. See ?16k mile report of longterm test A2 in this week's Autocar. I think they said that there are only about 8000 in the UK, compared to about 70000 A class, so they are in short supply, so hold their value well.

Might be worth considering an early A140 Elegance.
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Fri 25 Jan 2002 21:36
Re: Audi vs VW vs SEAT - Honest John
Why go for a used A140 when for the same money you can have a new Honda Jazz, which is a better handling, more reliable, better built car in the first place.

HJ
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