Originally posted by scottR
Agree with Mark.
I also reckon the very early Cupras were built to a higher standard - I seem to remember someone said that initial production run was in Belgium, not Spain....?
That explains the chocolate stains in the engine bay then.
I don't think its fair to compare the production of Belgiuque cars with spanish ones directly..
Mine will be a Belguique one probably and I have had few problems...
the
problem with the Spanish cars and the
Cupra R's is that they are so much more in demand and the quality control is usually the first thing to be skimped on if the compromise is between meeting sales orders and quality....any manufacturer I know myself included will allways rather meet demands and not lose orders rather than maintain quality.
turning up the speed of the assembly line inevitably leads to
lower quality..its kind of a compliment to the popularity of the cars..
Its a false economy though as if the cars get a bad quality reputation orders will fall in the future.
A better plan for seat would have been to keep producing to standards but increase the price of the car .... It may well have become a cult classic like the scooby then and second hand residuals will have been improved.