Is the passat not on the same platform as the superb?

It is a passat if squint

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I hate having to try and talk people around especially when they drive something like a saxo!

I haven't had any negative comments at all. Infact as soon as I say the word Skoda people tend to jump to the brands defense- "well its basically a VW isn't it" tends to be the most common one.

To be honest I don't really care about the image, infact I tend to refer to my car as "the taxi" anyway