Seán O'Nilbud It’s because the screen on the Audi has nearly no bezels, and it has no buttons on the screens itself. The i30 has fat bezels for the buttons, which means he said it will age badly, not ugly.

audi's are retractable though. That's why it's clever.

Audi shite over priced

He has criticised Audi for it too

@@pierrot148 but there is no point of retracting something that you need whenever you're in the car, it's just a gimmick

Fred Pinto 😆 good point

You can now😂

Yeah Matt can cover 3 cars fully in 10 minutes, while other channels take 20+ minutes to cover same stuff on one car.

can anyone tell me is a honda civic a good car to get or do you have alot of problems with them thank you

Well the Civic is 4518 mm long while Leon and i30 is 4282 mm and 4340 mm

넘잼 that’s what she said 😏

^ haha

Because it is. It was meant to replace EU Accord as well. Unfortunately for Honda, size isn't everything.

Also, it's butt ugly.

If it's a diesel version i30 it is a brilliant car. This coming from someone who owned a Kia ceed, Civic and an Oktavia

I have Leon FR fom 2008,2 liter diesel and 170hp....very good engine.Maximum 8liter on 100km..

I would prefer the seat too, especially after a long day on my legs.

hahaha its a joke!!??

sharkskingaming ya same

Yea mee 2

SkizomanX Maybe a non-Performance i30 is more closely matched to these cars (247hp vs the performance making 272hp). Or maybe a clubsport Gti would compete better with these cars as they stand. I just feel like a Gti PP making 245hp is a little underpowered, but then again, VW does love to underrate their numbers.

No, because don't forget that the i30 N is the heaviest, and on paper those 4 are quite close. The GTI clubsport is not sold anymore (but yes that would be intersting too). Like you said, VW underrate their numbers. Anyway, I hope that Carwow will do that ^^ !

drag races are dumb, lap times tell much more about a car in the german press the 308 gti just beat the Golf GTI Performance (again) and the i30N 308 gti = most underrated car

A lot of people are interested about pure performance, and since Carwow doesn't do laptimes... so there is nothing stupid about it since straightline speed is also a factor to get better laptimes. Those cars are not only made for racetracks...in fact those are more of dailydrivers than track cars.

test data from autobild sportscars (german press) 1/18: Hyunndai: quartermile: 14,22 s, 0-200 kph: 22,4 s, 100-0 kph 33,8 m laptime with base street tires 1:42:68 Peugeot: quartermile: 14,30 s, 0-200 kph: 22,0 s, 100-0 kph 33,1 m laptime with base street tires 1:41:14 VW: quartermile: 14,60 s, 0-200 kph: 22,8 s, 100-0 kph 34,8 m laptime with base street tires 1:43:66

yes those look ugly

It tries too hard, and looks like a bitch to keep clean with all those crevices

yes, we need huge fake airvents at the back of a front engined 1.0L Civic /smh

[TECHNOLOGIC] I think they *look* cool but the fact that they're fake is what makes it extremely cringy

if the paint is black those fake vents are not as visible also there is a better looking Civic sedan with smaller vents

Of course you did

CyclingDaz I like the new one, it looks the best since the 90s, but still, its still looks like a 15-year-old with a Halford's club card designed it. Says more about me and my age I think. at my age, I just couldn't own it. Though out of theses, id gets an Octavia I think it's a little nicer in vrs trim over the Leon fr trim. Admittedly the vrs is a few grand more, but so would be the trim of all the cars featured. I'd get the 184 diesel in the Fr trim in estate form. which is cheaper by about 1k over the diesel vrs. Same car, different frock. So it would come down to looks. Also, the seat drives a little better than the Octavia, it's not only sportier it's less harsh. seat has done a good job in the Leon fr. Though I've only driven the 184 Leon fr st back to back with the 180 Octavia vrs estate. I went in to test drive the petrol vrs, 230 iirc, but also took out the diesel. And as seat was nextdoor I took out the sister car the leon st fr diesel. So my decision is two fold, petrol over diesel.1.is the extra grunt ,and less noise worth the mpg hit , about an average 27mpg vs 38mph in the deisel . If the answer is no, the the 2nd question then is do I then save the 1k plus and get the Leon. Its just as good , if better in some ways , except looks imo. I've written far too much . if you got here, hello, all the best and happy new year .

I can fully agree with both of you and I'd consider myself young at 25. I'd rather get a Mazda 3, especiallythe upcoming one if it's true to the concept.

CyclingDaz Indeed, if you can live with the design it is a good car.

​@@KaneTheMessiah I have talked to a Mazda salesman and he told me that the new 3 will indeed look very similar to the Kai Concept. Interior will not have that widescreen infotainment like in the pictures but it wil be 8.8 inches. If so, i'll probably order it next year.

Surprisingly the FR does 0-100km/h in 8s, making it as quick as my 2013 Toyota Auris 1.8 Hybrid (it too does it in 8s flat). That is totally unexpected. I spec'd the Leon FR similarly to my Toyota Auris and the FR will cost me 36k Euro....So it's as fast as a damn Hybrid EV in a straight line, not suited for long trips, only performs well in corners...I'm not so sure about it. Also the FR has totally zero road presence. I got my Auris 1.8 in Pearlwhite (offset white, looks like frosted ice during winter, sparkles during summer), with 19" rims, blacked out roof, blacked out windows, chrome package, the Auris looks totally hardcore. I tried to get a hardcore looking FR, but it just can't happen, it will always look like a cheap car that can't even outrun an Hybrid EV car...for the price, a very bad choice.

Clorex Bleach i have a brand new seat leon fr 17 plate and love it brilliant car everything i need for my little family. Power when needed and i think its a really nice ride and i love how it looks. Top car for me obviously everyone has different opinions and views but i love seats had an ibiza before and loved that too. Cupra next too haha

Own a 2014 leon and overall it's good to live with. The ride is firm around town and a bit bouncy on some badly surfaced B roads but superb on motorways and dual carriageway where you hardly feel bumps at all. The 1.4 turbo is nice. Good for overtaking yet fuel economy varies between 40 and 50. The interior is well made but needs more flair. Lacks wow factor. Overall I like it. But the civic does look interesting and a softer ride would be tempting.

Can do three hour journeys in my leon and get out with no aches. Can't say that about any of my previous cars.

@Clorex Bleach Stock Auris hybrid doesn't go below 10 seconds.

Yea maaan

Hondas gearboxes are amazing.

@Stevie between 36 and 39mpg on average. I’ve seen it as high as 41 on long trips.

The Leon just sucks as a daily driver car. With the Leon, expect a back surgery the next year...you're going to need it...The Civic, even though it is larger, the price is not that much higher.

Clorex Bleach Really? I'll let you know when it's time for my surgery. I think you'll be waiting a life time though

But the 2014 C-Class (W204) is 4582mm long whereas the 10th generation Civic Hatchback is 4519mm long...

More than a C class?? Damn is it really that long??

All cars are growing. Look at the Clio! Though an extreme example, the trend is there, look at all cars, Fiesta, even the current ka is bigger than the first fiesta. It's, not just ford either. Look at the first civic, which looks amazing looking back. You could probably park the original civic im the new one's boot. I once owned a rover 420sli, at the time a quite big car, my current car a GTC, (a 2 door Astra) i noticed in the supermarket is as long and wider than my old rover. Decent car that was, it had the Honda engine

I dont think it will age well. It will look outdated in a few years. Id get a Polo over the Leon

True, i think the same model has been out for 5+ years (with facelift) so it'd be something worth considering.

Sleek = boring

Sleek = refined and timeless and class, tacky and overdone ages bad and looks cheap, ecxample, 8th gen Civic hatch and Hyundai Veloster and no doubt this civic too.

Get one from Mexico

how should he get it over the wall...hahaha sorry had to take that

The player of us The same way their people should come ---- LEGALLY!

it was a joke but ok...

The player of us I know, and it was funny. For years people "imported" old style Beetles gray market from Mexico, Brazil, and Nigeria to the U.S.

I have a 2018 i30 SR and I love it!!!

Why is Honda so expensive?? I’d normally go Japanese, but I would go for the Hyundai on this one

Yeah, I think I gonna buy that. Looks way better than the other ones too.

Hyundai and Kia seem to be the most reliable cars in Germany according to a recent study.

@@slick1908 actually you are right. At the time I wrote this comment I hadn't done any research. The Honda suffers from oil dilution. Japanese cars in general are going down. Some with the CVTs, other with engines. Kia and Hyundai are doing really good and I even have an eye on the Kia Sportage AWD.

Not if you buy the 1.8 or above no torsion beam

Seat sells like 500 cars in my country per year, same for Skoda.. while in europe Seat and Skodas are fucking everywhere so here is a plus. Well, except when someone says "nice chinese car" or "it looks pretty luxury for a chinese car" - Skoda Superb: i am a joke to you?

Samuel McEvoy ya

I would go for the Cupra. Same value for money than the Hyundai if not more. More power, and is lighter.

albertrll that "Hot hatch soul" is a very bold statement. It's the first try from Hyundai in this car class. And a serious one indeed, it does look good overall. But it has to demonstrate a lot of things still. The Cupra is on it's third generation now. It was a record car in the nurburgring. And released all of the tech that the Hyundai has now. DCC chassis, electronic lsd, Drive modes.... it has 300hp and near 100kg less than the Hyundai. Given that the Hyundai is just being released, I still prefer the Cupra. Some time later on, we'll see how good the Hyundai really is. I hope it will not dissapoint, more competition is always good in this class.

albertrll are you from Spain? Me too haha. The Cupra is not that expensive in reality. The brand's configurator gives an higher price than the one you can get at the dealers. Talking about the performance pack, all the Hyundai features are standard in the Leon without that pack. The Leon's performance pack adds Big brembo brakes and Michelin cup tyres. That's another plus. I did a short test drive in a Cupra 280 dsg without pp, and the car was VERY good. But to be honest, I prefer manual gearbox over faster times. I hope I can do a test drive in the i30N, so I can actually have a real opinion about It. My current car is a Focus st mk2 with mods.

albertrll great cars indeed both of them. I'm from Euskadi. Vamos, que soy de Euskadi. Jaja.

albertrll muy cierto. Y que siga habiendo máquinas así, que ahora con lo eléctrico parece que tienen los días contados. Un saludo y felices fiestas. ;)

no doubt

My thoughts exactly and the only thing I don't like about it. I saw one on the way to work this week.

That was the plan - It was meant to replace the Accord as well. Unfortunately it replaces Accord when it comes to price as well.

my next car it will be civic 1.5 , now I own accord 2.0

Well, it would cost as much as the new Accord would. While still having mediocre sound insulation and tonnes of cheap hard plastic inside.

The accord looks way nice why replace it

Newish, slick but also poorly insulated and made out of cheap nasty plastics in one of the most epxensive compacts on the market.

It is C segment hatchback not a Mercedes S class, Honda interior plastics are the same as in VW golf or in some places even better at least here in Sweden. Plus Civic is really fun to drive :)

@Haris Mak Better plastics? There are many different shapes of the same hard plastic. There're almost no soft ones unlike in the Golf which has the highest quality cabin in the segment (even the door bins are padded).

Are VW sold in Europe made in Germany or still made in Mexico? In the USA Honda is more reliable than VW

Optimus Prime Disagree. Silver grey is better.

My dream car the same colour I want I'm saving now

Brad Bright Buy used and save £5k

@@kronossonork6994 I might do that get a year old one, I like it in red too it's perfect

Brad Bright Price takes priority over the colour. Just saying although I prefer charcoal grey myself.

Aqi Khaliq Make sure the tyre pressure is set to 30 and no higher. Makes a massive difference with the leons ride.

At 32psi the ride on leon Fr is awful. At 30psi it is at least twice as comfortable.

Should bought the DCC suspension. It makes a difference.

pokest225 is that the adaptable suspension that gives you the option of selecting comfort mode?

Aqi Khaliq yes. I've been in a fr with the standard suspension, and in a Cupra with DCC suspension. The Cupra was more confortable than the fr.

lisajason111 yeh was thinking that! Its been cold as shit for a while now so I’m wondering when this video was uploaded..probably a old tape that got lost so someone decided to upload it

Really? I thought Brits only knew the summer thanks to Spanish beaches

But it's by far the most expensive, especially in the highest trim or with the 1.5 liter engine (or both) - it can cost as much as VW Passat and that's just too much.

@@sic22l yes but when the passat is in the bone yard the civic is still fresh. The civic is technically the cheapest of all cars when reliability is factored in

@Getthe cansin It's not. With long warranties and lease plans where people don't keep the cars reliability means less and less. More - Civic had some issues (electronic stuff) even though it's the newest here. Third - japanese cars are traditionally stupidly expensive to maintain and more importantly - repar, at least here in Europe. Old Passat is still much more mature, comfortable and quality car than any Honda.

@@sic22l Ok agreed with some of that but if you're relatively poor like me I still think the honda ,if you keep it beyond warranty, it it still be cheaper. Anyway I've never purchased a car 'in warranty' as they are always at least 5 yrs old at the time. Be nice alright to have a new car in warranty then change after it's up. Thanks for the reply.

@Getthe cansin Actually not because as I said, spare parts and repairs are much more expensive.

@Joey Shabadoo ...do you understand English?

@Joey Shabadoo Your thick

@@dragonballheroes7278 Looks like you're answering Jim Carrey in the dumb & dumber movie...

@@joeyshabadoo2516 the video isn't real life. It's a bloody video? Real life is seeing the car in the flesh 🙄

@@joeyshabadoo2516 you just can't educate some people 🙄

jimmy bond yeah!

jimmy bond agreed

archie baldwin god these seats really get to you ricky

What Cupra?

lmao what delusion

Any problems whit car?How many km?tnx

So you are sure for the european vw iwned brands like seat or skoda not asians ??

Diesel or petrol?

josu lopez ya

Disagree

David Norman at least it is a lot better than a Renault or Peugeot

surrey

I have the 1 litre and I love the sound it makes when accelerating