German Car Zone

^ No problem my friend!

Oh and if they don't give you a FL 3-er

Beg!

lol...I did. All they had was a new mini cooper S. What a BLAST to drive to work.

Vroom, I noticed in your second picture, look at the panels just below the date. Another panel that isn't fitting quite right?

Hey Mr. Mercedes next time buy the A6 with leather interior + leather dash + alcantara roof.

Hilarious to you maybe, but I have been driving a Passat CC 2.0 TDI (140 hp) this week, and the quality was pretty top notch. No less than the A4 imho.

I like the Passat CC more than the B8 A4 in every aspect.

Ι test drove the normal Passat last year and the Tiguan and sat in a Scirocco last month. All had "mediocre" written all over the interior.

Previous generation Passat was among the best in it's class , it was very close to A4 and 3 series. VW's cost cutting measures have hurt the new model very much.

I have never driven the CC but according to the magazines the plastics are very improved over the sedan.

On the other hand if you are right and it's close to A4 then i imagine that means it's on the same level with 3 series also.

Hey Yannis, i recall that Theofrastou in "Epi Troxon" said that the CC had top plastics on the top of the dash, but the lower-dash plastics were hard ones! Overall, much much better than the normal passat. And i trust this guy!

I went to see the Scirocco this weekend, and I was actually really impressed with the interior quality depsite cost-cutting measures. It felt like a huge improvement in interior quality to me. Maybe I wasnt looking properly...

I would say this - the B8's interior does not have the same 'feel' of quality as the B7 or indeed the current A3. However, I do find that the layout is fantastic, very ergonomic and by no means cheapy or bad.

I'm impressed - one of the best quality "report" I read! Great detailed view and very good photos to compare. Never really notice, that the A4 interior is that inaccurate build for an Audi! Even the new Volkswagen models have more precise fitting of interior parts then the A4!

And what I can remember about the "Aluminium" in your Mercedes - gear knob etc - it is some kind of magnesium or magnesium alloy. Feels extremely high-class.

I also sat in a Q5 last week and I noticed, that the praised interior quality of Audi doesn't really touch my emotions. Parts feeling cheap - like the new MMI-knob with Joystick-function etc. And I still have the feeling by comparing the higher class models like the A6 and E-Class, W211. The E-Class interior feels much more integrated / harmonious. Just compare the door parts of the cars with leather interior…

So thank you so much!! Will give you karma, when I'm able to give it to you…

New Golf has a very good interior with quality plastics , buttons and seats.

Scirocco's interior (almost identical to EOS) is not bad but it's not one step above the competition as VW's used to be 5 years ago. Nowadays when even Peugeot and Toyota have improved in that aspect they should really try harder imo.