Whoa Zak, calm down there bud; I like small cars too! We probably won't get any 1.2L, etc engines here for one major reason... fuel is cheap (and people here arn't too keen on driving cars with less than 100hp). But is *is* a global market. Like I said earlier, you do have makes sold over there that we don't have here. And you have models over there that we don't have here either (Micra etc..); but thats usually limted to the sub-compact class. All of the manufacturers have moved (or are moving) to the world car concept. Compare the market 10 years ago to today and you'll see what I mean (this ties into the Peugeots having poor reliability here). BTW, the typical motor (for a mid-size passenger car anyway) in the US is about 3.0L in size and puts out 200-240 hp. Smaller 4-cyl engines in the 2.2L range usually put out about 150hp. And as far as TDi's in Seats and Skoda's... I am aware of that I have family in Ireland and usually visit every 1-2 years. My father-in-law keeps me well stocked in Euro car mags and papers
Woo... info central here
Speck: My parents are paying for it.
I'm actually not sure about the leasing/buying thing. I'll have to see what my dad says.
I hadn't actually seen the Jetta available with an automatic tranny + turbo, but I just checked it out at the VW site and the 1.8T looks pretty nice.
What do you guys thing about CD players: 1 in-dash or 6 changer in trunk? I don't find trunk loaders convenient at all, but I wouldn't want to get too distracted with popping new CD's in while in the car.
Thanks for the info
JMan
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We probably won't get any 1.2L, etc engines here for one major reason... fuel is cheap (and people here arn't too keen on driving cars with less than 100hp). But is *is* a global market. Like I said earlier, you do have makes sold over there that we don't have here. And you have models over there that we don't have here either (Micra etc..); but thats usually limted to the sub-compact class. All of the manufacturers have moved (or are moving) to the world car concept. Compare the market 10 years ago to today and you'll see what I mean (this ties into the Peugeots having poor reliability here). BTW, the typical motor (for a mid-size passenger car anyway) in the US is about 3.0L in size and puts out 200-240 hp. Smaller 4-cyl engines in the 2.2L range usually put out about 150hp. And as far as TDi's in Seats and Skoda's... I am aware of that 
I have family in Ireland and usually visit every 1-2 years. My father-in-law keeps me well stocked in Euro car mags and papers 
