Doug Demuro is the Quentin Tarantino of cars.

This should have been wayyyyy longer. We definitely need a part 2 with at least 30 cars.

Dougs knowledge of cars is insane

Correction - Seat Arosa was a version of VW Lupo, which was the smallest VW, one below Polo.

Fun video, thank you - 15:42, it was called the Seat Exeo :)

Its the Seat Exeo (audi a4 b7) they actually trucked the whole assembly line from germany to spain to build this car.

Just on Skoda, it is still a Czech brand despite VW's ownership. They have been the only VW brand to build all of their own cars in their own factories for multiple years, and as of last year took over TSI engine production up to 2 litres for the entirety of the VW company. That's why it's still such a point of pride for the Czech's.

The gray MPV car was the Dacia Dokker. The Seat Arosa was the equivalent of VW Lupo, which is smaller compared to the Polo. The Polo equivalent is the Seat Ibiza.

Passat is not a good example right now, because this generation of Passat was developed by Skoda (together with Superb), in Czech Republic. And other models do not even share upper body parts. For example all manual gearboxes are developed in Skoda, all Mpi engines are developed in Skoda. There is a lot that is done by Skoda, not just a rebadge.

Even Filippo does not know, that the Arosa is the Seat version of the Lupo, not the Polo. The Polo was not the smallest VW model back then.

Doug the type of guy to know absolutely everything about random European cars

the amount of confidence Doug has while getting half the facts wrong is astounding

This just reinforces the fact they should hire someone in Europe to review European quirks and features!

Doug's pronunciation of the Avan-teem is incorrect. Renault itself used the English pronunciation of 'time' not what would be the typical French pronunciation 'teem.' BTW, if you want to test my Avantime, let me know and I could likely arrange for a test in California.

PS. The Peugeot Bipper that Doug mentioned, is a badge-engineered twin of the Citroen Nemo. :)

There was no c3 grand Picasso :) only c4 grand Picasso :)

As a European who could be better when it comes to identifying US cars, I am very impressed by Doug, but then I did kind of expect it! Also, the Seat Arosa is a rebadged VW Lupo, not a Polo, and the Arona is what Doug was confusing it with, which is a current small crossover, whereas the Arosa was a late 90s, early 00's citycar. The rebadged Seat A4 was called the Exeo, and you could get them with the Golf GTI engine

As a Czech citizen I must say the list is pretty easy (at least for us) go back to the 70s and I guarantee Doug won’t stand a chance 😉

Cubra is not all electric. You guys should take a look at Dacia.

A correction on Cupra cars. They are not all electric, in fact the vast majority are combustion engine powered, with some hybrid models available. It's not like Polestar that split from Volvo and only do electric. Cupra is just a regular Seat but upbranded, no special treatment to the powertrains.

A couple of facts from a european: There was in fact an auto gear Seicento and the one shown on the slide is the Sporting version - the second highest trim level, the highest being the Suite. Fun fact about the Seat Alhambra / Voklswagen Sharan - you could get them with the same 1.8 liter turbo block as the Sudi S3 and the Seat Leon Cupra paired with all wheel drive and a manual transmission. My friend has a Touran with over 300hp that goes 0-100 kph in about 5 secs with seating for 7 people. Skoda is in fact overperforming VW in most of central europe. The Citroen Nemo will go like 200 kph with approx. 2 tons of cargo in the back in most european countries. They also made the Autobianchi as a Lancia.

This is the best one yet!!!! We need another one

I'd like to see the same thing but with everyday JDM cars

I'm a European car guy and genuinely impressed by Doug's knowledge... could only name like 50% of these machines.

Great video, just to mention that Xsara is pronounced like Zara. I also drive a Peugeot RCZ! Amazing car

Didn't expect to see Škoda Felicia there - my beloved first car! Greetings from Czech republic (obviously :D)

5:35 the highest trim was the 'Sporting' (which this could be I'm not 100%) and then they even did a Sporting Michael Schumacher Edition! 8:08 they did a Cargo version of that (even though it was quite a bit bigger than a Smart but it looks cartoonishly short) and then they did a passenger version that was half orange, half aluminium, blue interior and had a convertible top for the rear half only. It was called the Kangoo Be Bop Fun iirc. 10:45 the Fluence ZE (as pictured) was the EV version, though there was a normal Fluence that was a badge engineered car by the South Korean division of Renault co-owned with Samsung. It was produced in Turkey (and Eastern Europe it was quite popular) but never in Western Europe, we only got the ZE version. And yes, the B7 A4 was rebadged as the SEAT Exeo in saloon and estate form. To 'spice' it up they took the interior of the A4 B7 Convertible and not the saloon/Avant purely because it had round air vents and not rectangular ones (which classed up the look apparently) Sorry, I love this video idea and figured I'd add some points as I always geek out over unexceptional, every day cars 😂 P.S. if anyone from C&B happens to read this, I might be able to compile a list of cars Doug will never guess that is sort of every day traffic here.

Cupra isnt electric only. If you come to Bratislava, Slovakia I have new Cupra Formentor for you to test:) and vw VW Scirocco too. (Actualy could organize meet with some EU hothatches)

As an Italian I feel like the choices could be more obscure!

The Renault Fluence was in fact a rebadged Samsung. Cupra was the name for sporty SEAT’s, now its an indipendent brand, it sells electric, hybrid and gas powered cars.

You cannot lose the hubcaps of an Y10 as the wheelnuts go throught the hubcaps so they are bolted in place.

Doug the type of guy to get a 90% A on a test and then correct the teacher on why it's actually 100%A as fas as he's concerned.

Fun European cars fact: Renault was still selling the Clio 2 in South America while the Clio 4 was getting its facelift in France.

6:40 The Czech are quite proud of Škoda and Volkswagen made sure when they bought them to keep that traditional image. Most Škodas for the European market are also still produced there and they are still adding little details like headlights that should mimic the look of traditional Czech crystal glass to their cars.

This was oddly yet incredibly impressive.

Skoda was originally a Czechoslovakian brand for a long time before they merged with the VW group, that’s why Czech and Slovak people buy Skodas religiously. Also Skoda is outperforming VW currently in Central-Eastern Europe, they are affordable, reliable cars, cheaper to work on than the same platform VW.

3:05 these were available with a VR6 though 😏

As a Czech person it warms my heart Doug knows the 1st gen Škoda Felicia (fel-itsya). PS.: Škodas are really not seen as a VW product and pretty much even really isn't sure few models like Citigo and Up were the same but everything else is completely differently developed while being only on the same platform and usually slighty changed like lenghtening the back and trunk spaces or using lower class platfrom for higher class vehicles. Škodas are also developed to be more suited for the not so great roads in Czech Republic especially compared to the much more flat and maintaned roads in Germany. For example the mentioned Superb is softer than Passat. Škoda is also cheaper to buy and maintain locally. Some see VW as the evil overlord who doesn't allow Škoda to flourish more :D

Imagine waking up one day, opening YT and seeing a Lamborghini reviewing Doug and showing all of his quirks and features

The Seat B7 is the Exeo, there are 20 used Exeos for sale in the UK. I’ve seen more Lamborghini Aventadors than Exeos. Seats are seen as VW/Audi for cheapskates. I had a 2003 Leon Cupra R, which is the Golf equivalent. Capable and well made but very dull to drive.

Skoda is awome and if Doug scuff at them, he is absolutely clueless.

I’m going to keep asking, please try to get jerry Seinfeld on the podcast, watching him and Doug get in a debate would be unbelievably funny

On the whole standard equipment per region thing it is still hilarious to me as a Northern European person how Americans in reviews are like "Woah, you even get HEATED SEATS?!?! The luxury!" and here you would 100% of the time get heated seats before a radio

My dad bought a few years ago a Hyunday Tucson brand new. He doesn't like it to take it out in the rain or tow with it, stuff like that. So he bough an ancient Skoda Felicia he can use for doing work stuff :) BTW, the Seat Arosa was a VW Lupo, not the Polo. The Lupo GTI was a pretty decent little hot hatch.

No way bro called the Dacia Dokker ,a Renault Dokker

Should've tried to catch Doug with a Dacia, or some DS models.

Doug the type of guy to judge a car almost exclusively by the number of wheel studs it has

The Seat Arosa was based on the VW Lupo platform, not the Polo!

Some European car models that Doug may not identify: Renault 7, Renault 10, Renault 6, Oltcit Club/Axel, Citroën Visa/C15, Citroën Dyane, Citroën ZX, Citroën LNA, Peugeot 104, Peugeot 504 Coupé, Peugeot 309, Talbot Samba, Talbot Solara, Simca 1000, Simca 1200, Matra-Simca Rancho/Talbot Matra Rancho, SEAT 1200 Sport, SEAT Málaga, SEAT Ronda, Fiat Ritmo, Fiat Regata, Fiat Barchetta, Innocenti Mini, Rover SD1, Austin Victoria, Alfa Romeo 33, Alfa Romeo 90, Lancia Beta HPE, Opel Manta B, Opel Monza, Wartburg 353, ARO 24, Lada Samara/Sputnik.

11:39 I own the only Third Generation Autobianchi Y10 imported into the US. People always get it wrong on what it is. It’s a unique feeling for sure to get so much interest when I drive it for such an inexpensive car.

"A Škoda is the best Volkswagen brand" Me, a Czech, despite knowing it was bought: "And I took that personally..."

PPS. As a European, got 11.5 out of 13 guessing the cars. Did not know the Citroen Mehari, and guessed the Autobianchi as Lancia Y10, but I awarded myself half a point for that because it was sold on some markets as that. As for owning these, got 1/13 - had the Renault Avantime.

Cupra is not electric. Actually, Cupra is now Seat. The Seat brand does not exist anymore, the cars are produced under the Cupra name.

Good job Doug! Btw, the Seat Arosa is the equivalent of the vw LUPO, not Polo. And the seat A4 was called Exeo. And the Renault Dokker is actually the Romanian Dacia Dokker.

You missed the Skoda Roomster! A world of quirks for Doug (but coincidentally a great daily in Europe, as it's VW-parts bin, but not as boring as a Golf-Octavia-etc., yet heaps more practical).

Should've been called "DOES DOUG EURO?"

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Doug knows so much more about Euro cars than I expected. I'm European and I thought I knew a lot about cars, but I could only name a few.

DID SOMEONE SAY SKODA FELICIA ? Never felt more honored to have my car recognized

Yeah, cool, gentlemen, but don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running 3 Honda Civics with spoon engines. and on top of that he just came into Harry's and he ordered 3 T66 turbos, with NOS, and a Motec system exhaust.

What a good idea! Please more euro stuff. I wished for more German cars though like the VW Up! or Caddy. Or a BMW E46 3 series compact if that's not too easy. Or the Mercedes Citan.

The Autobianchi Y10 was my first car. Did 200.000 kilometers with it. Happy memories.

If you really want to stump Doug you need to quiz him on Southeast Asian domestic market cars. Toyota Kijang, Proton Saga, Honda Brio, Mitsubishi Xpander, Nissan Teana, Honda Jazz (which is just a renamed Fit to throw him off) and many MANY more

Next euro communsit block affordable cars from 70s I bet Doug would only know the Trabant.

It was great fun! So out of 12 cars, four Citroens, two Renaults, no German brands, and when you had such marginal name like Autobianchi, you could have had sooo many similarly marginal and now dead brands. I can't wait to see extended following episodes.

Knowing all of these as an American is absurd. I’m impressed

Citroen Xsara Picasso was a very popular car in brazil too, my dad had one for 12 years, 1.6 engine (not diesel), was a 2008 model, never broken down, amazing space inside and very quirky!! In 2022 we got it a C4 Lounge 1.6 THP. same mini coopers engine!

10:45 The Renault Fluence is indeed known for being electric. (But also comes in gas and diesel versions) A company called 'Better Place' used the first version, enabled with battery switching technology, as a "lease the battery" idea. It was a total flop. The car drove like the Wish version of an EV. And the battery switching stations was always out of order.

I love how Doug kept revising his score as he went. ‘No i got that one right once i corrected my answer’.

Soo cool, please more!

I’ve always been great at identifying models and I’m in Europe, so I see these cars and the advertising. Doug somehow has me thoroughly beat, seriously impressive

Love this format

The "smart sized" Renault Kangoo you mentioned is the Be Bop I think. It was a two door short wheel base convertible version, quite like what your G Cabriolet is to the normal G. Incidentally, I just saw one today! They're really rare because they were very unsuccessful on the market.

We want more of these!!! Greetings from SPAIN!! Your car knowledge is impressive It was the Exeo!!

Just a little correction - The sportier brand of Seat (Cupra) doesnt sell electric cars only. As a matter of fact they even sold their SUV Formentor with Audi 5-cylinder 2.5 TFSI

Skoda is definitely the best vw brand right now, let’s go Felipo!

Damn, Mr. DeMuro knows more about euro cars than most car guys that live here. Well done!

Renault Fluence E.Z. in this video is electric version with bigger boot. There were also Fluence with ICE which were much more common. The comparison might be quite quirky. Cupra is heading electric but had actually quite nice perfmormance ICE models as Formentor VZ5 with 5 valve audi engine with 390hp.

Love this. Would love to see a quiz of new (or pre-owned) cars prices around the world.

I'm very impressed. I'm from Europe, I've seen that rare Autobianchi but couldn't remember the brand. Some others I've even never seen, and that Yank KNOWS it by name! Crazy.

The VW pendant of the Seat Arosa was the Lupo, not the Polo.

Ford and Volkswagen now collaborate on Pick-ups, Commercial Vans, small Family Vans, EV Crossovers ... not just on a small van which Doug found "CRAZY" 😆

Xsara Picasso... also called umbrella on wells. :)

Honestly considering doug doesn't even live here his knowledge of our cars is incredibly impressive

You didn’t mention the most op euro cars tho the Skoda Octavia Scout and Cupra Formentor VZ

Nice quiz. As someone pointed out already, Seat Arosa is related to VW Lupo, which is a lot smaller than the Polo. Nice to see so many Citroens here. I love them, I myself have a Citroen XM. However there was no Grand C3 Picasso, the MPVs were C3 Picasso, C4 Picasso and Grand C4 Picasso.

15:33 Cupra VZ5: "am i joke to you?"

I love how these are meant to be European cars yet almost all are also cars we have here in Argentina. The US (and North America in general) is very different to the rest of the world when it comes to cars.

Super vidéo!

I need more this was really interesting

The SEAT you talked about is the SEAT EXEO, but wasn't sold only in Barcelona or even Spain, you could find them in western Europe. And the brand CUPRA makes all kind of cars, not only electric, eventualy It will become full electric. Good job Doug!!!😉

The way he pronounces Alhambra is hilarious (the H is mute). BTW the Y10 was the predecesor of the Lancia Ypsilon.

some corrections and tidbits: - cupra does not only sell electric cars. so far i think they only have one that is based on the vw id.3 i think - the seat arosa is not polo sized, but was based on the vw lupo in fact - the "renault" dokker, as you called it, belongs to the dacia brand originally, but is sold as renault in certain parts of the world - dont quite know if this was what you were getting at, but: the b7 audi a4 was later sold as the seat exeo. everything was the same basically, just with changed lights, bumpers and grills

Some fact check - Seat Arosa is not a version of VW Polo, Arosa is re-badged VW Lupo. Not all Cupras are electric (some even have a great in line 5 cylinder Audi engine). Seat's B7 A4 version was called Exeo - and funny enough, the dashboard was lifted from A4 Cabrio, which was slightly different to regular A4. The "Renault" Dokker you show is Dacia Dokker, not Renault.

I have to say, I’m impressed by Doug’s knowledge. As an European, I could get almost all of them just fine, but if I got American brands to recognize, I would fail with the first “Freedom EagleRipper”.

1. The Seat Arosa was a variant of VW Lupo, not Polo (and thus, the Polo wasn't VW's smallest car). 2. The Cupra brand doesn't sell exclusively electric cars. 3. The Seat Exeo wasn't available "exclusively in Barcelona".

This was lots of fun guys :)

RCZ: it was a joint venture of Mitsubishi and Peugeot. They were produced in the Czech Republic - that's why there is the CZ in the name. There were more joint ventures in the Czech Republic: Citroën C1, Peugeot 106 and the 1st version of the Toyota Aygo were identical (except their badges) and came out of the same factory. Another joint venture was made for EVs: Mitsubishi iMEAV, a Peugeot and a 3rd one were also identical.

We definitely need a series out of this topic.

The "in Europe you're lucky if you're getting the door handles" was pure racism :D I feel offended :D