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Aug 11th, 2021, 00:09 | #61 | |
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Skoda is definitely an alternative I'd consider. Maybe they aren't in the same league as a Volvo, but they're great value for money.
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Not really relevant, a test between two cars designed 15+ years apart...
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The vets we use for our equines are specialists and cover much of the North East - the all have a company Skoda 4x4 model mostly Superb estates but there’s the odd Octavia Scout and Yeti. They run them until there is a reason not to, either reliability or damage, they typically are in service for 5-7 years and 200 and something thousand miles. A couple of the vets have bought them off the firm for their private cars.
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Skoda https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/skoda/superb/11060 Volvo V70 https://www.euroncap.com/en/results/volvo/v70/11073
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It's more to do with big and heavy isn't always safer. I'm aware that cars are a lot safer now than 15 years ago but you don't get to decide what car you are going to have a head on crash with sadly.
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So there we go... a Skoda beating a Volvo in an NCAP crash test. Who would have thought.
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I know the price of second hand cars have increased but the vehicle I started off looking at increases every time I go on their site. Started at around £17K is now just shy of £19K.
I always though cars got cheaper as they got older, not withstanding todays starnge market I think this a bit of profiteering, well would be if they sold it? |
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However, in the first pole test, the side airbags fired late which prevented the side curtain airbag from fully deploying, and the car was penalised. Volvo were dissatisfied with the performance of the car in that test and developed a fix for the airbag deployment problem. Euro NCAP agreed to a re-test on the condition that all cars were modified. Volvo have implemented the fix in all production vehicles and have recalled cars, telling owners to get their cars updated by their dealers. Unfortunately, the same problem occurred in the re-test and again the airbag failed to deploy correctly. |
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I'm not for one minute saying the Skoda isn't a safe, formidable alternative - clearly it is, but for me it would regard the Volvo as the safer car from a driver perspective.
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