My wife had a brand new 2L TDI Scirocco. Nice looking car. Great equipment levels. But nothing but trouble. Spent an awful lot of time having niggling faults put right. She got rid of it in just a year for a brand new 2L TDI TT. A much better screwed together car.
My next car will be back to a 2.0L Celica GT. I like my 08 Leon TDI FR, but Japanese cars are much much more reliable.
Friend of mine has always had Jap cars, he has to date sold each one due to them been unreliable. . .