What are the most underrated car manufacturers?

TheMindGarage

25 Mar 2017

Where I live, I’d say the top 5 underrated brands are:

Mazda - often overlooked despite having a generally solid range
Subaru - almost nonexistent on roads
Skoda - seems to have a “cheap” image, despite the modern (VW-group) cars being pretty decent
Seat - slightly less cheap image but still perceived as inferior to Volkswagen
Hyundai - definitely improved - even the non-Genesis cars seem OK

As for most overrated, where I live that definitely goes to Audi.

Comments

Saab

Spotted a turbo the other day.. so nice

Lotus

Vauxhall 2014 and up yes I know what they make is rather boring but, they are just amazing cars for the money they have everything and more you need.

^^THIS^^ for non car people Vauxhalls/Opels are perfect! I’d say pre 2014 are good aswell. Especially the really old ones

Honda, everyone gives them crap because they are ricer magnets, but if it says type-r, then it’s probably better then most of the other cars in the same class

Not much rice where I live - most of the riced cars I see are VW Transporters for some reason…

Agree with mazda, hyundai has been decent as of late
Subaru? They’re everywhere in the Northwest united states, here they might even be a bit overrated

Well I’m in the UK, where AWD isn’t really necessary for winter xD.

Maserati. Most people when they buy a sports car they always think Ferrari, Lambo, or Porsche. Loooove Maserati’s though.

True - they’re more GT cars than supercars, but they’re still fast, loud and cool. I feel as if Aston Martin is also sometimes overlooked.

Agreed with all of your choices.
But I had to nominate Australian cars too. Common in Australia and New Zealand, almost non-existent in other countries.

Saw one today - don’t remember ever seeing a Holden in my local area before. Couldn’t tell which one it was, but the number plate had “HSV” in it - that’s how I knew it was a Holden.

Gotta be TVR

not everyone likes almost dying everyday

Any Opel

Audi is not overated!! Where do you live?

Audi is overrated asf. Went into a street and seriously found 14 audis in that street. And then I haven’t even started about VW’s

England. Literally 1/3rd of the cars near my house are Audis. TTs are everywhere, A3s and A4s are bought instead of Golfs and Q3s are the go-to family car.