I will never understand the mentality of spaffing a load of cash on a car that was never desirable. To relieve the experience of driving an Escort L...if you always wanted an RS turbo and couldn't afford one in the day fair enough but it's all gone a bit mental at the moment.
If I'm remembering correctly construction and use regulations are that the tyre fitted must be rated to a higher speed than the top speed of the car.
So for example oem tyres on the Mazda due to being large and reasonably low profile were only available in a Y rating. That's 168mph...it could do 117 on good day. It would be entirely legal to drop a V or H rated tyre on it. They just weren't available in that size, when I went to all seasons they were actually V rated but still entirely legal as it couldn't do 149mph.
I also wonder about people driving the same knackered car from one Decade to the next and blowing hundreds and hundreds of pounds on keeping it going each MOT.
Going back to the Arteon, The R apparently has a top speed of 168mph which would put it on the edge of the speed rating for a W, I think my punto 17” wheels had W rated tyres, just in case you do a 168mph in a 120hp diesel……
The other thing with a lot of these cars is that they require a specific fitment, my Bridgestones on the Golf are apparently “Audi fit” and rated for extra load, so all these other little things probably add to the premium.
I watched the Carwow review of the Arteon R which was the shootingbrake version, He did a 0-60 in 4.5 seconds!! That’s just insane!
For comparison the Ferrari F355 did 0-60 in 4.7 seconds.and it’s replacement the Ferrari 360 did it in 4.6 seconds.
The Arteon will lug around a whole boot full of luggage and your kids for £51k which is a lot cheaper than the £120,000 of the Ferrari, 20 years ago. Which neatly wraps around to prove that nostalgia doesn’t pay because if you wanted a Ferrari 20 years ago because it was fast and you’ve spent 20 years saving to buy one, there is now a VW family estate car that’s quicker lol
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