Advantages: Ride quality, space, looks and boot size Disadvantages: None that I can think of.
...had was bought from a Volkswagen and was an X VW show car for the motor shows. As a result I had every option available, split rims, leather etc.
As a standard car the Bora offers many great features within the VW range. You get the looks and usefulness of a saloon which you just don't get in the golf. You get plenty space in the boot without the vastness of the Passat..
The Bora is a practical and well thought out car which does not share the ... ...the Bora first.
The V5 is near the top of the range in the Bora line up and thus when you get one or look at one you expect to see plenty of value for money. Sadly hey decided to drop the V5 in the new line up and I know in the replacement Jetta it is not available either. Instead they may offer a 2.5 straight 5, currently available in the US. This you certainly get. The interior is plush and well finished to a high standard. The Bora is especially ...
skrg28 06.10.2004 (08.11.2005)
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I have had my Bora V5 for nearly a year and have done over 16,000 miles of pleasurable motoring in it. It arrived with a malfunctioning Trip Computer, but apart from that it has never missed a beat during those hard driven miles.
The engine is silky smooth and delivers all 150 bhp in a linear way with plenty of overtaking power available at any sensible road speed, usually without having to drop down a gear. The engine still feels like it has plenty ... ...miles per hour.
It is no Mk 1 Golf GTi when you do get a hurry on along a twisty A or B road, but it is always safe and predictable in those circumstance which could not always be said of the Peugeot 205 GTi that I have previuosly owned and that is always held up as the road holding benchmark when talking about fast medium sized cars.
And you certainly would not be able to get out of my 205 GTi fresh and awake after a 400 mile drive to Scotland ...
tigger 17.06.2000
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