Comments by "Mikko Rantalainen" (@MikkoRantalainen) on "American Reacts to Why Skoda Doesn't Sell Cars in the USA..." video.

  1. I think Skoda should be described as a VW counterpart for Seat vs Audi. (Note that all of those brands are owned by VAG.) Seat is basically a low budget version of Audi with tech that's about two years older than Audi. Skoda is basically a low budget version of VW with tech that's a couple of years older than the tech in VW cars. Some think that that's bad, I would argue that it's sensible to let other people to test new tech before deciding if you want to have long term relationship with that tech. The tech that is prone to fail in Audi/VW during first years is never even copied to Seat/Skoda. That said, you have to compare similar class cars for this to make sense. If you take top of the line Skoda Superb and compare it to baseline Golf, the Skoda will appear as the premium car.
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