Skoda badges

tuxy

While driving around I notice many skodas with the badge removed.
Does anyone know why this is?
Has it fallen off/ worn away?
Has the owner deliberately removed it?
Does people like to pilfer them? (hardly)

Michael G

I don't know but they are great cars. Having had a Skoda vRS before (one of four Skodas), I am now driving a Seat Leon FR 200 bhp — just like the vRS but with a slightly nicer body (which when you get down to it is the reason why many of us make our choices).

Volvoboy

I always remember when i first started panel beating as a apprentice, one day i parked my car down the back of the work shop.

One of the lads thought it was hillarious to take all the surplus badges out of the stores and decorate my car.

It was a 1.8 turbo diesel, 2.0D, Nissan, Avensis, Micra, VW, Audi, Fiat, Ford, Camry, Ls400...

... I could go on, there was badges on the roof, windows, headlights and wheels.

:mad:

kleefarr

tuxy wrote: »

While driving around I notice many skodas with the badge removed.
Does anyone know why this is?
Has it fallen off/ worn away?
Has the owner deliberately removed it?
Does people like to pilfer them? (hardly)

Actually, now you mention it, I've seen a few about with the badges missing. I thought they were pilfered.

tuxy

Maybe it's all in my head but I see more Skoda badges missing then any other make.
Why would thieves have a preference for Skoda badges?

Anan1

Perhaps Skoda owners are just less quick to replace them?

L1011

Do they come off easier?

The Alfa badges that swiveled over the bootlid were always being taken off when I was in school...

mondeo

Maybe the owners act in a deliberate manner and remove the badges themselves so people will think they bought the more favourable VW alternative.

My friend has a theory that people buy the skoda because they cannot afford the vw. Is that true? I dont know because I have driven neither.

Anan1

mondeo wrote: »

My friend has a theory that people buy the skoda because they cannot afford the vw. Is that true? I dont know because I have driven neither.

The Skoda is the VW.

tuxy

Anan1 wrote: »

Perhaps Skoda owners are just less quick to replace them?

You could be right. My dad owns a Skoda(decent car) and he is very stingy.

mondeo

Anan1 wrote: »

The Skoda is the VW.

We all know that

Anan1

mondeo wrote: »

My friend has a theory that people buy the skoda because they cannot afford the vw. Is that true? I dont know because I have driven neither.

Anan1 wrote: »

The Skoda is the VW.

mondeo wrote: »

We all know that

mondeo

Anan1 wrote: »

The skoda represents value for money, underneath it's a fine
car with all the audi/vw bits.

colm_mcm

aren't skodas just crappier VWs?

mondeo

colm_mcm wrote: »

aren't skodas just crappier VWs?

In basic terms it's a vw on the cheap but still a vw all the same

colm_mcm

except it's made in the Czech republic instead of Mexico!

Anan1

mondeo wrote: »

The skoda represents value for money, underneath it's a fine
car with all the audi/vw bits.

VolksWagen means 'Peoples Car'. The Skoda is the VW. Are you with me now?;)

Guy:Incognito

colm_mcm wrote: »

aren't skodas just crappier VWs?

Surely VW's are crappier Skodas if the reliability surveys are anything to go by?.

Max_Damage

colm_mcm wrote: »

except it's made in the Czech republic instead of Mexico!

Only the Jetta and Beetle are made in Mexico AFAIK.

colm_mcm

just fishing TBH, everyone loves the Skoda vs. VW argument!

JHMEG

Max_Damage wrote: »

Only the Jetta and Beetle are made in Mexico AFAIK.

True. Tho the Passat is now assembled in Ukraine as well as Russia. Also out of the Russian factory are Skoda Octavias, Fabias and VW Jettas.

The Real B-man

colm_mcm wrote: »

except it's made in the Czech republic instead of Mexico!

Whos cares where there made? still come off state of the art production lines.

E92

Don't knock Skodas before you try them.

What does a VW have that a Skoda doesn't? Nothing bar a "better badge" and much higher prices.

yellow012

colm_mcm wrote: »

aren't skodas just crappier VWs?

Surprise, surprise a Toyota car salesman slagging off a rival car manufacturer.
BTW any luck finding gullible eejits to flog those paddy special petrol 1.6 Avensis to? Jeez you must cringe every time you hear that add on the radio?

WHITE_P

Ooh, Sooooo much anti VAG sentiment.

E92

What? Skodas are excellent cars for the money. Easily the best of any of the budget brands. And better than many of the not so budget brands too. They do everything a VW does but cost a whole pile less, and they seem to be more reliable too.

craichoe

E92 wrote: »

What? Skodas are excellent cars for the money. Easily the best of any of the budget brands. And better than many of the not so budget brands too. They do everything a VW does but cost a whole pile less, and they seem to be more reliable too.

They are indeed, i own a Skoda too.

However the only thing i would say is that the perception of a skoda customer vs a vw customer is probably different.

A VW customer would think that nothing should go wrong, a skoda customer would be if the opinion that he got a bargain and hence wouldnt be as annoyed when something plays up once its covered under warranty

E92

yellow012 wrote: »

Surprise, surprise a Toyota car salesman slagging off a rival car manufacturer.
BTW any luck finding gullible eejits to flog those paddy special petrol 1.6 Avensis to? Jeez you must cringe every time you hear that add on the radio?

+1

They must be really desperate, that ad has been going on for nearly 3 months at this stage. Why would anyone want an Irish special(only RHD country in the world that can have the 1.6) anyway?
And the ironic thing is that their diesel is the most efficient out there bar the Mondeo ECOnetic and Laguna 1.5 dCi.

Funny how there's no ads about the Corolla 1.4 though, which is also going up in VRT and road tax from July. But that car still has supply issues, what a "co-incidence"!

mkdon05

If you took the badges of both the vw and skoda and test drove them, you could easily tell which was which and i'd have the vw every time.
I was doing an advanced motorist course a few years back and was in a fabia, the guy that was conducting the course was the owner of it and he never shut up about how the skoda and vw were the exact same*,
I wanted to punch him in the eye and rent him a golf for a week.

*Always skoda drivers advocating that notion

Just for clarity, I drive neither make of car, but have in the past.

E92

They are identical cars underneath, a few bits of nicer plastic here and there, a different badge and a higher price is not going to deceive me!

And I'm not a Skoda driver, but when VAG start imprting the cars themselves, then they will be a very hard car to beat for the money.

You only have to look at Mazda and BMW to see how much of a difference it makes to have the manufacturers importing the cars themselves!

ironictoaster

Today in Finglas, I saw a Skoda hatchback with VW alloys. The badge was removed as well.

I'll look out for more of these imposters!!

yellow012

creggy wrote: »

Today in Finglas, I saw a Skoda hatchback with VW alloys. The badge was removed as well.

I'll look out for more of these imposters!!

How do you know they are VW alloys? The exact same alloys are used on both VW's and Skodas, its just the manufacturers badge in the middle thats different.

Marcus.Aurelius

yellow012 wrote: »

How do you know they are VW alloys? The exact same alloys are used on both VW's and Skodas, its just the manufacturers badge in the middle thats different.

Works safe but has a bad word in it. :eek:

Wouldn't touch any eurobox, japs all the way! (Jap-built)

Guy:Incognito

mkdon05 wrote: »

skoda and vw were the exact same*,

*Always skoda drivers advocating that notion

.

Of course it is. Why would VW drivers go on about how the could have saved money buying the same car for less money?

ironictoaster

yellow012 wrote: »

How do you know they are VW alloys? The exact same alloys are used on both VW's and Skodas, its just the manufacturers badge in the middle thats different.

Well it had the VW badge in the middle of the alloys so, I just assumed they wore VW alloys.

mondeo

I was in carlow today and saw a 98 octavia est with the badge missing on the back. In fact it looked like it has been painted over or somthing.

Couple years back I seen a 96 ibiza with a vw badge scrunched on the back beside the reg plate.

If I were in the market for a vw or a skoda I would buy the vw because I would feel I did not skimp on the cheaper clone. Maybe the vw would hold it's value longer anyways because it is
more desirable perhaps and better looking.

G Luxel

the Superb is built in china and sold as a vw Passat:pac:
Ive seen two felicia pickups with vw badge on the grille and caddy on the
rear panel.:rolleyes: and I too have seen lots of badges missing from skodas.
but it isnt the first time that badges have dissappeared off skodas as this
also happened in the UK during the 1980s. no wonder

spank_inferno

Drove a brand new 70kw (whatever power that is) VW Golf plus for 2 weeks in europe recently on holiday. & used to own a polo a few years back.
Currently I own a 01 fabia 1.4
Would I spend my hard earned money on a VW?
Not a chance.

... ps: must check my badge to make sure its not loose.

colm_mcm

guys, relax.
look over my posts and see that I regularly recommend Skodas over their VW and Audi cousins.

Guy:Incognito

colm_mcm wrote: »

guys, relax.
look over my posts and see that I regularly recommend Skodas over their VW and Audi cousins.

Mostly for the boot space though. :pac:

E92

Stekelly wrote: »

Mostly for the boot space though. :pac:

LOL!

tuxy

maoleary wrote: »

Works safe but has a bad word in it. :eek:

Wouldn't touch any eurobox, japs all the way! (Jap-built)

That pic makes no sense to me. I can't even tell if it's pro or anti Skoda...

Guy:Incognito

tuxy wrote: »

That pic makes no sense to me.

Especially seeing as when all actually is said and done it's a VW.

WHITE_P

Lads if world war two hadn't happened, you would be talking about Skoda with the same level of respect as some of you have for BMW and Mercedes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Auto

G Luxel

chinese vw passat v6 ....... or should it be a czech skoda superb? which came first? and does skoda design its own cars or does Wolfsburg design everything and decide which model gets one or all of the VAG badges?

they are the contemporary equivalent of british leyland

eamon234

maoleary wrote: »

Works safe but has a bad word in it. :eek:

Wouldn't touch any eurobox, japs all the way! (Jap-built)

Except most japs seem to built in Europe nowadays!