What country will give you Value for your Money regarding
the price of a new car that you will be driving from New untill theScrapyard
Stuart

It's "Romanian" mate! And I voted "Japanese".

come on you ROmanians are you going to let the GErmans win this one??
Stuart

Most of romanians are big fans of german cars. That's due to Golf 2 and 3, Kadett, Vectra A, Record and 80's mercedes.

THEY ARE OVERPRICED CARS THE GERMANS PAY WHATEVER IS ASKED THEY WANT 25000 FOR A GTI
SOONER A LOGAN WITH EVERYTHING AND A NICE HOLIDAY
STU

Porsche 911 GT2

You know that Touareg was ment to be named "The New Panzer" ?

Pontiac GTO 400hp (only 33.000$ )

ASTON MARTIN
ANY TYPE
STU

Japanese...
They will under most circumstances run " for ever "

I think cars made in Japan offer the best price/quality ratio.
You just can`t beat Japan when it comes to affordable quality products.
German cars are very, very good, but the price is also very high for what they offer.
In my view, cars made in Romania are NOT cheap, and the quality is poor. I mean, with the same money you give for a Logan, you can buy a second-hand car made in EU or Japan, wich will beat Dacia anytime.
A friend of mine just bought a Ford Mondeo Tournier made in 2002 with 8000 E, the same money you give for a Logan, and belive me, Dacia just can`t compare with it.

I own a german car. My vote goes to "zee germans"!

<<the price of a new car that you will be driving from New untill theScrapyard>>

That depends. You can drive it for 5 years and decide that it’s time for her to go to scrapyard. You should mention a period of time for the car to be used. Until that I vote French.

I'll buy a new car when I can afford to pay for it CIA, not leasing or other bullshit! And that car will be either an Alfa Romeo or a Saab 95 Aero (or Volvo).

L.E.: I don't see the sweedish option on that pool, despite the fact that sweedish reliability kicks german ass big time!

Try again... But where is the pool anyway?

If I had the money I would buy a Volvo S80 black edition.

German cars ar so expensive. I more fun of the Dacia, then Volkswagen...

Aston Martin DBS is really good.
And there is new VW Passat R36 (with V6 engine, 320 HP, max speed electronicaly limited on 250km/h - 250kph, acceleration to 100km/h is only 4,9 sec) It's fast. Germans call him "the blue dragon".

i voted for german cars! they just simply rock! their quality can not be argued!

Dacia is better...





PS: C'mon Romanians, don't let the Germans win this

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF

By far, Japanese cars are the most reliable ones. No matter who carries a survey out or where, Honda, Toyota and Suzuki are always in the first positions ( Mitsubishi appears a bit worse ). And if it's ADAC or Auto Bullshit, then they share positions with all German carmakers. OK, Mercedes is (now) top quality (again) and so is BMW, but how about the VW's that are no longer their money worth ?? Or remember the oil leakages in Opel diesel engines some years ago??

In my opinion:
1.- German carmakers have wasted their know-how...but kept the high prices
2.- Italian cars are always cool and trendy and sporty but their quality has to improve
3.- French cars have a good ratio; they usually have "affordable" prices and the overall quality is good
4.- Don't forget the "new" Kia/Hyundai. Always cheaper than the others and nowadays never worse.

I voted for the French, I admit I'm a Renault and (in some cases) Citroen fan

Dacia 1300 (aka) Renault 12

what about it?

I vote for German cars. I own Opel Kadett 1.6D 3 door madein 1983 still working fine, after some 250.000 km.

The fact is that today cars are NOT made like they were made some 20-30 years ago. They are not made to last

Just remember VW Beetle, Opel Kadett C, Golf I........

Could any new car achieve that success and quality? I think not

I have voted "Italian cars"; my favourite carmaker, except Ferrari, is Alfa Romeo. So I'm trying that my next car to be an Alfa Romeo. Even if the quality of production is not at the same level as to the german cars, Alfa Romeo has something what none of the rest of the cars have. It's the beauty, the spirit and the feeling. It is Alfa.

tatabobu.., german cars..., yeah..., but u forgot one...opel calibra..., lot of us luv calibra more than a golf, but no more than any mercedes or bmw...my opinion...

I love my car, like my name, logan1.5dci....it's indestructible.
I use my logan offroad, like a SUV and no find problem in tree years.
Now, I'm standby, looking to Ford Kuga.

Japaneese cars 10+

Japan definitely....subaru impreza wrx sti ...love it

Guys, there are fewer and fewer pure national cars. Soon, only the brands' origins will be undisputably traceable to a country. With all the acquisitions and mergers happening we are starting to get the same platform from several brands - just think about Sharan, Galaxy and Alhambra. This phenomena will probably sweep over the jap car industry too, for it's very hard to compete against the cheaper multi-faced global standard.
In the distant future, we'll probably get to choose only the colour and the size of the car. That'd suck a lot.

I vote Rumanian...

I'm driving a german car, but vote for japanese.....

Swedish

I don't see the "Romanian" option in the poll.
All country names are written in English, aren't they?

Russian - KAMAZ

I voted German because they make the best cars

You've got a strong argument there!

Some years ago, I had to do with an old, wise guy, already retired, who was working for BMW, as leader of all sales in the region. As I've heared about his formar job, I was wondering myself, why he was driving a Fiat Seicento and his wife a Corsa 1,4i, so I've asked him, what was the reason not drive any of those cars, he was squeezing his salesguys and-girls to place more of them on the roads - certainly he could have had the opportunity to purchase them for totally unimaginable conditions for all others of us. He replied: none of those cars would be worth their prices, because of the bad realtion between price and value... This one from an earlier salesman... However, having more than 23 cars in the past 24 years, I can confirm, maybe earlier swedish cars were not that nice and "must-have-appeal", but they were the longer lasting ever. Mercedes, BMW does not have the quality they were wellknown about. For more than 14 monthes I was driving a brand new W212 220CDI, running almost 20000mls. For a car, that charges with more than 53'EUR a totally shame of small troubles giving a bitter taste of got kicked in a... for the money you've invested into image... Injectors down, Air-Intake broken, heavily dirty sidewindows after few mls of driving in mud and snow, left mirror heated, but the right one not. Why? The 22 year old Volvo760GLE had both mirrors heated simultanously with the rear window or alternatively with the driver seat - those guys have had an idea about weather conditions, while the driver switched his seatheating, he also might have needed defrosted mirrors... Somehow logical. My best cars were Saab900, Volvo 760GLE, Peugeot Partner, Peugeot 106, Ford Escort. Lots of trouble with Mercedes W203CL, W212, Peugeot 406Coupe, Ford ScorpioII, Austin-Mini. All others were serving with no major troubles. I have turned my demands down, first priority: well working systems, that means less electrical gimmicks, regardless to age, type or elsewhat. Therefor: Renault12, early 70s. I would not buy ever again a brand new car of brand new production...

yea!

Mefisto,

I agree, reliability plays a major role for most conscious consumers (including myself), however some people tend to put pleasure above reason, like with everything else in life, and I don't blame them. They want nice looking cars with good performance, as many triple-letter systems as possible, leather seats, good sound system and all comfort extras, even if it stresses them financially. Well, it's good to have some variety, isn't it?

I find it a bit odd however that we always have to move 1-2 tons beasts of metal just to carry our fable bodies of only 80 kilos in average. It's a waste. And it's also a waste when such cars do not last more than 10 years or so before they go to scrap.

PS
- I voted for the Japanese cars (Honda, Toyota), though I have a Skoda
- I've also had a Dacia long ago, and I really miss the times when I was repairing and improving it, trying to make it more reliable.

easy answer , Australian cars !!

honestly i don't know any australian car except vauxhall-but here i'm not sure because i think they are brits

Holden is best australian car.
6l, v8, sounds good?
http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/Commodor...nge#ss-v-series