Originally Posted by
orionmojo
Great stuff cheers all, not interested in any work tbh, she's a mate of my girlfriends who's asked a favour on me to try and find her a reliable car. Needs something reliable for work and 5 doors to get her man in the back, performance isn't an issue but noted on the golf cheers

gonna look into focus a bit more, also yaris and Almera possibly. What are the seats like for reliability and parts availability?
SEAT is part of the VW/AUDI group along with SKODA
The Ibiza is basically a VW Polo, but in a prettier body and is cheaper to run/maintain.
The same can be said of the Skoda Fabia, again this shares the same mechanicals as the VW Polo, along with the SEAT Ibiza....ok the suspension set ups maybe different, but on the whole they are basically the same car with a different badge.
For VW Golf read SEAT Leon, Audi A3, same chassis, engines etc, but diferent costs to maintain depending on whether you are a badge snob or not