I bought one of these when we had a child and needed a bigger car. Plus points are the space and the low road tax here in the UK. I pay £20 per year. Performance is adequate, we have the 2.0 litre turbo diesel GT model. It’s a 2017 registration and hit the sweet spot in the unfathomable UK road structure.
Bad points, the throttle response in standard mode is a joke. It also cannot seem to decide what gear to use which makes overtaking exciting at best and damn near lethal at the worst. Also it has an intermittent audio system issue which results in no audio at all. No parking sensor tone, entertainment system or Bluetooth/mobile phone. They tried many times when it was in warranty to sort it but about once or twice a month it rears its ugly head and then goes away again.
Would I but another? Maybe, maybe not! I like the drive in general and it has most of the toys, adaptive cruise, etc but I get the feeling I could get better elsewhere. If money was no object I’d have an RS4 or an RS6.
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Mazda 6 over that any day.
I might actually get the mazda 6 since the 308 is not available where i live.
I bought one of these when we had a child and needed a bigger car. Plus points are the space and the low road tax here in the UK. I pay £20 per year. Performance is adequate, we have the 2.0 litre turbo diesel GT model. It’s a 2017 registration and hit the sweet spot in the unfathomable UK road structure.
Bad points, the throttle response in standard mode is a joke. It also cannot seem to decide what gear to use which makes overtaking exciting at best and damn near lethal at the worst. Also it has an intermittent audio system issue which results in no audio at all. No parking sensor tone, entertainment system or Bluetooth/mobile phone. They tried many times when it was in warranty to sort it but about once or twice a month it rears its ugly head and then goes away again.
Would I but another? Maybe, maybe not! I like the drive in general and it has most of the toys, adaptive cruise, etc but I get the feeling I could get better elsewhere. If money was no object I’d have an RS4 or an RS6.