Model spec in brochure vs actual - In ireland

fret_wimp2

Ive seen this a lot in ireland, where the brochure lists a spec for a model of car, but the model on the forecourt has a slightly different spec.

example is the Skoda Yeti. Both outdoor and ambition have leather seats listed in the brochure here

but when you view an Ambiante or Outdoor version of the yeti in ireland (here for example), none have leather seats.

the one in the ad only has rear parking sensors, despite the outdoor model comming with front and rear.

Is this garages trying to cheap out, or is it something to do with Ireland getting lower spec cars?

GustavoFring

They usually change the specs every year in week 22 so the brochure should be for MY17 cars. The car in the advert is a year old so a MY16 car or possibly even MY15. Then you have ads for new cars that are sitting there a while and don't match the current spec.

In saying that if you want to you can find mistakes in most of Skoda's brochures and the configurator isn't always up to date either.

Leonard Hofstadter

Irish spec is usually p1ss poor compared to what you get in the UK or the rest of Europe owing to the fact that most Irish people prefer a 'nice' (i.e. newer) reg over a nice car. As a result of this cultural preference for something new as opposed to something good, most non-car people want the cheapest possible way into a new car and the manufacturers respond to this by selling poverty spec stuff in Ireland, or the same trim level names as what you'd find elsewhere only they drop something fancy (but expensive) for the Irish market.

This is why Toyota STILL does not fit air conditioning to the Auris or Corolla as standard in Ireland despite the fact that the UK models have had this bare necessity as standard since mid-2004!!

VRT doesn't help, either, as it makes cars more expensive than they need to be, especially those with petrol engines.

grogi

captainspeed wrote: »

Irish spec is usually p1ss poor compared to what you get in the UK or the rest of Europe owing to the fact that most Irish people prefer a 'nice' (i.e. newer) reg over a nice car. As a result of this cultural preference for something new as opposed to something good, most non-car people want the cheapest possible way into a new car and the manufacturers respond to this by selling poverty spec stuff in Ireland, or the same trim level names as what you'd find elsewhere only they drop something fancy (but expensive) for the Irish market.

This is why Toyota STILL does not fit air conditioning to the Auris or Corolla as standard in Ireland despite the fact that the UK models have had this bare necessity as standard since mid-2004!!

VRT doesn't help, either, as it makes cars more expensive than they need to be, especially those with petrol engines.

While Irish specs used to be much poorer than in UK, that's not always the case anymore...

But the issue discussed here is different - the car in the forecourt is different than the car described in IRISH brochure. I'm with @GustavoFring with that - the spec is constantly updated.

Skoda is notorious for doing so - they even change the safety equipment without telling anyone (ie. Octavia lost its pedestrian-protective active hood ) around 6 months after introduction.