Hi guys.

I'm from down in the southern hemisphere and looking to buy a tdi skoda in the near future. They've been on my radar for the last few years, I even visited the factory in Mlada Bolesav a while back.

Cheers

Welcome to Briskoda.

Welcome along, any particular model you are interested in?

Thanks guys.

Looking at a Superb and just doing homework for now. I may even wait until 2013 specs are known before finally deciding.

Hi and welcome aboard.

Welcome to you.

Didn't know Skoda was an option in your neck of the woods.

Thought it would bee a haven of Ford, Holden and Toyota!

Not stereotyping, just observations from my last southern hemisphere visit.

Welcome to you.

Didn't know Skoda was an option in your neck of the woods.

Thought it would bee a haven of Ford, Holden and Toyota!

Not stereotyping, just observations from my last southern hemisphere visit.

In Australia that would be true. They have a heavily regulated car market to keep the local assembly plants (ford, holden, toyota, mitsubishi, I think some are now gone) working.

Here in NZ all cars are imported, the majority of the nations fleet is used japanese imports.

But Japan lost the initiative with diesels back in 2000 when they were banned from many of their cities. My other work car is one of the last japanese diesel cars.

So if you want a good diesel, it's european and I think VAG/SKoda have the best of them. I've also found japanese cars sold here seem to be designed to be driven at 80km/h and get noisey above that. The euro cars being designed to be driven faster are a lot more relaxing at our 100km/h limits. Not to mention the Euro's have the lead on fuel economy in any given car class.

Edited 4 May, 201214 yr by Kiwibacon