This is from a South African forum re last April's owner survey in the UK AutoExpress magazine:
Go to http://www.cartoday.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=009476#000000 to see the entire thread and the responses or see below for my original post:
In this weeks Auto Express magazine they published their findings from two surveys they did in Dec 2001 and Jan 2002 asking drivers and owners everything about their cars. This included build, performance, ride, handling, comfort, braking, gearbox, practicality, steering and reliability - each scoring 10 out of total 100. In this issue they publish the top 100 cars for the above.
And where is the A2 in this list? Number 8! The A-class is 73 and the Golf 60...
The top 10 overall are:
1 Porsche Boxster 89.60%
2 BMW 5 series 88.92%
3 Skoda Fabia 88.52%
4 Toyota Yaris 88.51%
5 Lexus IS200 88.35%
6 Rover 75 88.21%
7 Mercedes E class 87.86%
8 Audi A2 87.061%
9 Skoda Octavia 87.36%
10 Toyota Celica 87.06%
60 VW Golf 80.93%
73 Merc A-class 78.96%
100 Peugeot 106 71.90%
Interestingly enough the one thing that all test say the A2 is bad in - and I have admitted it as well - is ride. It rides too hard and you have to go very slow over speed bumps. BUT it also scores VERY high under handling - because of the hard supension. A true sports car handling compromise if I ever saw one.
Here are the individual top 10s with the A2, A-class, Golf and the worst (number100):
Build quality:
1 BMW 5 series 95.0%
2 Lexus IS200 94.5%
3 Porsche Boxster 94.1%
4 Saab 9000 93.6%
5 Audi A4 93.5%
6 Audi A6 93.4%
7 Honda Prelude 92.0%
8 Audi TT 91.9%
9 Skoda Fabia 91.8%
10 Audi A2 91.7%
28 VW Golf 88.4%
60 Mercedes A-class 80.7%
100 Citroen Saxo 66.8%
Performance:
1 Subaru Imprezza 94.5%
2 Porsche Boxter 92.4%
3 Toyota MR2 89.2%
4 Skoda Octavia 88.5%
5 Audi TT 88.1%
6 Ford Puma 87.7%
7 Toyota Yaris 87.4%
8 Merc SLK 86.7%
9 Mitshubishi Galant 86.5%
10 SEAT Leon 86.3%
27 Audi A2 83.5%
56 VW Golf 78.6%
81 Merc A-class 76.4%
100 Peugeot 106 70.0%
Ride quality
1 Rover 75 92.4%
2 BMW 5 series 89.5%
3 Skoda Fabia 89.4%
4 Jag X type 89.2%
5 Citroen Xantia 88.7%
6 Peugeot 406 87.7%
7 Merc E class 87.0%
8 Porsche Boxster 86.8%
9 Ford Focus 86.1%
10 Vauxhall Omega 85.6%
67 VW Golf 77.2%
76 Audi A2 75.0%
99 Merc A-class 61.1%
100 MCC Smart 58.2%
Interesting reading again. Merc A-class deemed as the worst car for ride quality bar the MCC Smart!!! Hmmm
Handling
1 Porsche Boxster 96.0%
2 Subaru Imprezza 95.0%
3 Mazda MX-5 93.5%
4 Rover Mini 93.1%
5 Ford Focus 93.1%
6 Ford Puma 93.1%
7 BMW MINI 93.1%
8 Audi A2 90.8%
9 Audi TT 90.3%
10 Skoda Fabia 90.1%
78 Merc A-class 74.6%
84 VW Golf 73.9%
100 Vauxhall Corsa 69.7%
Comfort
1 Rover 75 95.5%
2 Saab 9000 94.3%
3 Volvo 850 91.9%
4 Lexus IS200 91.6%
5 Volvo S/V/C70 91.5%
6 Jag X type 91.4 %
7 Saab 9-6 90.4%
8 Merc E class 90.3%
9 Skoda Fabia 89.5%
10 BMW 5 series 88.9%
24 Audi A2 85.2%
51 VW Golf 80.4%
87 Merc A-class 73.6%
100 Peugeot 106 64.3%
Braking
1 Audi A2 95.0&
2 Merc SLK 93.3%
3 Porsche Boxster 93.2%
4 Lexus IS200 92.4%
5 Alfa 147 92.0%
6 Toyota Yaris 91.3%
7 Audi TT 90.3%
8 BMW 5 series 90.2%
9 Honda HR-V 90.0%
10 Merc E-class 89.7%
35 Merc A-class 85.0%
60 VW Golf 80.1%
100 Citroen Saxo 58.9%
Gearbox
1 Mazda MX-5 91.0%
2 Porsche Boxster 89.8%
3 Toyota MR2 89.7%
4 Audi A2 89.6%
5 Honda HR-V 89.3%
6 BMW MINI 89.2%
7 Ford Puma 89.1%
8 Mazda 626 87.9%
9 Toyota Celica 87.8%
10 Rover 75 87.8%
36 merc A-class 81.8%
64 VW Golf 76.5
100 Daewoo Matiz 57.5%
Practicallity
1 Vauxhall Zafira 97.0%
2 Renault Scenic 96.8%
3 Citroen Picasso 96.2%
4 Merc A-class 95.0%
5 Skoda Octavia 93.6%
6 Volvo 850 93.3%
7 Ford Galaxy 93.2%
8 Mazda 626 92.7%
9 Honda CR-V 92.4%
10 Saab 9000 92.1%
35 VW Golf 84.3%
54 Audi A2 82.5%
100 Toyota MR2 49.2%
Reliability
1 Toyota RAV4 97.8%
2 Mazda 626 97.6%
3 Toyota Yaris 97.5%
4 Porsche Boxster 97.4%
5 Lexus IS200 97.3%
6 Honda CR-V 97.1%
7 Honda Prelude 96.75
8 Mazda MX-5 96.5%
9 Toyota Celica 96.5%
10 Honda Civic 95.9%
41 Audi A2 90.4%
52 VW Golf 89.2%
77 Merc A-class 84.4%
100 Rover 800 74.9%
Steering
1 Porsche Boxster 92.8%
2 Ford Puma 91.9%
3 Mazda MX-5 91.8%
4 Ford Focus 91.1%
5 Toyota Celica 91.0%
6 Toyota Yaris 90.8%
7 Rover Mini 90.6%
8 Audi A2 90.4%
9 Skoda Fabia 89.9%
10 BMW 5 series 89.8%
68 Merc A-class 80.0%
78 VW Golf 77.8%
100 Rover 200 73.4%
And finally the average score by all cars in the manafucturer's range:
1 Lexus 89.1%
2 Porsche 88.7%
3 BMW 86.7%
4 Skoda 86.3%
5 Subaru 85.4%
6 Toyota 85.1%
7 Audi 85.0%
8 Jaguar 84.6%
9 Honda 84.5%
10 Mercedes 84.1%
11 Mazda 83.5%
12 Volvo 82.7%
13 Mitshubishi 81.8%
14 SEAT 81.7%
15 Saab 81.5%
16 Volkswagen 81.1%
17 Nissan 81.0%
18 Chrysler 81.0%
19 Kia 80.2%
20 Alfa Romeo 79.9%
21 Lotus 79.8%
22 Renault 79.7%
23 Citroen 79.6%
24 Ford 79.5%
25 Suzuki 78.7%
26 Peugeot 78.5%
27 MG Rover 78.2%
28 hyundai 78.1%
29 Proton 77.9%
30 Vauxhall 77.0%
31 land Rover 75.9%
32 Daewoo 74.0%
33 Fiat 73.7%
Well I guess you lot will have your opinions on all of this...
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2001 A2 TDI SE Crystal Blue with Open Sky, 6CD Symphony, DIS and HALF a winterpack!
and iPAQ 3970 with Sat-Nav sleeve
Go to http://www.cartoday.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=009476#000000 to see the entire thread and the responses or see below for my original post:
In this weeks Auto Express magazine they published their findings from two surveys they did in Dec 2001 and Jan 2002 asking drivers and owners everything about their cars. This included build, performance, ride, handling, comfort, braking, gearbox, practicality, steering and reliability - each scoring 10 out of total 100. In this issue they publish the top 100 cars for the above.
And where is the A2 in this list? Number 8! The A-class is 73 and the Golf 60...
The top 10 overall are:
1 Porsche Boxster 89.60%
2 BMW 5 series 88.92%
3 Skoda Fabia 88.52%
4 Toyota Yaris 88.51%
5 Lexus IS200 88.35%
6 Rover 75 88.21%
7 Mercedes E class 87.86%
8 Audi A2 87.061%
9 Skoda Octavia 87.36%
10 Toyota Celica 87.06%
60 VW Golf 80.93%
73 Merc A-class 78.96%
100 Peugeot 106 71.90%
Interestingly enough the one thing that all test say the A2 is bad in - and I have admitted it as well - is ride. It rides too hard and you have to go very slow over speed bumps. BUT it also scores VERY high under handling - because of the hard supension. A true sports car handling compromise if I ever saw one.
Here are the individual top 10s with the A2, A-class, Golf and the worst (number100):
Build quality:
1 BMW 5 series 95.0%
2 Lexus IS200 94.5%
3 Porsche Boxster 94.1%
4 Saab 9000 93.6%
5 Audi A4 93.5%
6 Audi A6 93.4%
7 Honda Prelude 92.0%
8 Audi TT 91.9%
9 Skoda Fabia 91.8%
10 Audi A2 91.7%
28 VW Golf 88.4%
60 Mercedes A-class 80.7%
100 Citroen Saxo 66.8%
Performance:
1 Subaru Imprezza 94.5%
2 Porsche Boxter 92.4%
3 Toyota MR2 89.2%
4 Skoda Octavia 88.5%
5 Audi TT 88.1%
6 Ford Puma 87.7%
7 Toyota Yaris 87.4%
8 Merc SLK 86.7%
9 Mitshubishi Galant 86.5%
10 SEAT Leon 86.3%
27 Audi A2 83.5%
56 VW Golf 78.6%
81 Merc A-class 76.4%
100 Peugeot 106 70.0%
Ride quality
1 Rover 75 92.4%
2 BMW 5 series 89.5%
3 Skoda Fabia 89.4%
4 Jag X type 89.2%
5 Citroen Xantia 88.7%
6 Peugeot 406 87.7%
7 Merc E class 87.0%
8 Porsche Boxster 86.8%
9 Ford Focus 86.1%
10 Vauxhall Omega 85.6%
67 VW Golf 77.2%
76 Audi A2 75.0%
99 Merc A-class 61.1%
100 MCC Smart 58.2%
Interesting reading again. Merc A-class deemed as the worst car for ride quality bar the MCC Smart!!! Hmmm
Handling
1 Porsche Boxster 96.0%
2 Subaru Imprezza 95.0%
3 Mazda MX-5 93.5%
4 Rover Mini 93.1%
5 Ford Focus 93.1%
6 Ford Puma 93.1%
7 BMW MINI 93.1%
8 Audi A2 90.8%
9 Audi TT 90.3%
10 Skoda Fabia 90.1%
78 Merc A-class 74.6%
84 VW Golf 73.9%
100 Vauxhall Corsa 69.7%
Comfort
1 Rover 75 95.5%
2 Saab 9000 94.3%
3 Volvo 850 91.9%
4 Lexus IS200 91.6%
5 Volvo S/V/C70 91.5%
6 Jag X type 91.4 %
7 Saab 9-6 90.4%
8 Merc E class 90.3%
9 Skoda Fabia 89.5%
10 BMW 5 series 88.9%
24 Audi A2 85.2%
51 VW Golf 80.4%
87 Merc A-class 73.6%
100 Peugeot 106 64.3%
Braking
1 Audi A2 95.0&
2 Merc SLK 93.3%
3 Porsche Boxster 93.2%
4 Lexus IS200 92.4%
5 Alfa 147 92.0%
6 Toyota Yaris 91.3%
7 Audi TT 90.3%
8 BMW 5 series 90.2%
9 Honda HR-V 90.0%
10 Merc E-class 89.7%
35 Merc A-class 85.0%
60 VW Golf 80.1%
100 Citroen Saxo 58.9%
Gearbox
1 Mazda MX-5 91.0%
2 Porsche Boxster 89.8%
3 Toyota MR2 89.7%
4 Audi A2 89.6%
5 Honda HR-V 89.3%
6 BMW MINI 89.2%
7 Ford Puma 89.1%
8 Mazda 626 87.9%
9 Toyota Celica 87.8%
10 Rover 75 87.8%
36 merc A-class 81.8%
64 VW Golf 76.5
100 Daewoo Matiz 57.5%
Practicallity
1 Vauxhall Zafira 97.0%
2 Renault Scenic 96.8%
3 Citroen Picasso 96.2%
4 Merc A-class 95.0%
5 Skoda Octavia 93.6%
6 Volvo 850 93.3%
7 Ford Galaxy 93.2%
8 Mazda 626 92.7%
9 Honda CR-V 92.4%
10 Saab 9000 92.1%
35 VW Golf 84.3%
54 Audi A2 82.5%
100 Toyota MR2 49.2%
Reliability
1 Toyota RAV4 97.8%
2 Mazda 626 97.6%
3 Toyota Yaris 97.5%
4 Porsche Boxster 97.4%
5 Lexus IS200 97.3%
6 Honda CR-V 97.1%
7 Honda Prelude 96.75
8 Mazda MX-5 96.5%
9 Toyota Celica 96.5%
10 Honda Civic 95.9%
41 Audi A2 90.4%
52 VW Golf 89.2%
77 Merc A-class 84.4%
100 Rover 800 74.9%
Steering
1 Porsche Boxster 92.8%
2 Ford Puma 91.9%
3 Mazda MX-5 91.8%
4 Ford Focus 91.1%
5 Toyota Celica 91.0%
6 Toyota Yaris 90.8%
7 Rover Mini 90.6%
8 Audi A2 90.4%
9 Skoda Fabia 89.9%
10 BMW 5 series 89.8%
68 Merc A-class 80.0%
78 VW Golf 77.8%
100 Rover 200 73.4%
And finally the average score by all cars in the manafucturer's range:
1 Lexus 89.1%
2 Porsche 88.7%
3 BMW 86.7%
4 Skoda 86.3%
5 Subaru 85.4%
6 Toyota 85.1%
7 Audi 85.0%
8 Jaguar 84.6%
9 Honda 84.5%
10 Mercedes 84.1%
11 Mazda 83.5%
12 Volvo 82.7%
13 Mitshubishi 81.8%
14 SEAT 81.7%
15 Saab 81.5%
16 Volkswagen 81.1%
17 Nissan 81.0%
18 Chrysler 81.0%
19 Kia 80.2%
20 Alfa Romeo 79.9%
21 Lotus 79.8%
22 Renault 79.7%
23 Citroen 79.6%
24 Ford 79.5%
25 Suzuki 78.7%
26 Peugeot 78.5%
27 MG Rover 78.2%
28 hyundai 78.1%
29 Proton 77.9%
30 Vauxhall 77.0%
31 land Rover 75.9%
32 Daewoo 74.0%
33 Fiat 73.7%
Well I guess you lot will have your opinions on all of this...
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2001 A2 TDI SE Crystal Blue with Open Sky, 6CD Symphony, DIS and HALF a winterpack!
and iPAQ 3970 with Sat-Nav sleeve