Comments for The Motor Report: Auto News And Reviews

Comment on 2010 Toyota Camry Ateva Road Test Review by anthony

anthony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:51 +0000

The Camry is a brilliant,but very boring car.
Give me a Jetta,Octavia,Mazda 6,or Honda Accord Euro anyday.

Comment on 2010 Volkswagen Jetta V 125TDI, 147TSI, 77TDI First Drive Review by anthony

anthony — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:38:02 +0000

Ritchie,I am not knocking the Skoda,as it is a first cousin of my car.however,by presence I mean what I see on the roads.
Locally,VW have sold 12000 Jettas,so I see lots of them everyday in Melbourne…
Hardly ever see a Skoda.
I travel to the USA,Canada,Mexico and South Africa for business,see millions of Jettas,but no Octavias.
For me,the VW is a far better choice…

Comment on 2009 Suzuki Swift S Automatic Road Test Review by LiL sykes

LiL sykes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:41:29 +0000

dis car isso ugly my dog won’t even piss on it

Comment on Carver Declares Bankruptcy, Tilting Three-Wheeler Orphaned by Dan outside of DC

Dan outside of DC — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:00 +0000

I am CRUSHED…. It is (was) one of the many new innovations in mobility that I would give my left n*t for. I suppose I will move on to the Tesla. sob sob

Comment on 2009 BMW Z4 Range Now Featuring Brake Energy Regeneration by AutoCritical

AutoCritical — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:50 +0000

For whatever reason, I thought they would have had some similarities to the KERS system in the F1 cars…. Because they are out of F1, are they trying to avoid the naming link?

Comment on 2010 Volkswagen Jetta V 125TDI, 147TSI, 77TDI First Drive Review by Richie

Richie — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:06:53 +0000

Bruster,
The Octavia RS is offered to a different market to the Jetta 2.0TSI. The Jetta 2.0TSI is the top of the tree Jetta, a luxury model if you like. The Octavia RS is the sports model of the Octavia (like Ford Mondeo XR5T) range, and comes with the bigger brakes, sports suspension, 18-inch wheels as well as the engine package, whereas the bigger wheels, leather, touch-screen Bolero radio are (standard equipment on the RS) optional on the Jetta (even at the top of the line). Worst still, you can’t even get a manual transmission, how pathetic is that? Skoda resale has gone up to VW levels too by the way…according to Red Book, who are the people who set resale levels for vehicles.

Anthony,
How does a Jetta have presence? Its just an Octavia with different windows, styling and the sedan boot. And, I might add the Octavia was launched before the Jetta and the NVH levels Skoda applied were put into the Jetta, such was VW’s impression of Skoda. I was suprised at that!

Comment on Top Gear UK Returns To British TV This Sunday, Trouble Brews Over Scirocco Suicide Spoof by ant d

ant d — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:39:27 +0000

top gear to channel 9 is a big mistake channel 9 would probably give us 10 minutes of topgear and 50 minutes of ads then cancel it for more…………………………….two and a half men

Comment on Mitsubishi Australia Launches New Lancer Evolution Bladerunner-Inspired TV Commercial by Mike Stevens

Mike Stevens — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:59:27 +0000

To be honest Adam, I don’t really watch TV, so it’s news to me!

Comment on 2010 Toyota Landcruiser Prado Three-Door Announced For Australia, Available November by Drecked

Drecked — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:44:24 +0000

When are they going to release some technical Info on the three
door Prado people are not going to spend 60 -70 K just because
It’s a Toyota they want to know about the technical side of it we have seen the pictures !

Comment on Ford Falcon Wagon Facing The Axe, Mondeo Wagon And Territory To Carry The Load by Joh

Joh — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:14:05 +0000

I hope Ford DOES green-light a FG wagon, particularly as Holden’s Sportwagon is selling like gang-busters.

Come to think of it, the Territory is 5 years old now - perhaps an idea with the wagon is to do a composite and replace both BFIII and Territory in one hit, being that Ford could do a wagon with the FG’s frontal styling (and styled to look smaller than the existing BFIII Falcon) but have the Territory like suspension and the option of AWD and raised ground clearance.