I am from Asian country. People here do have very strong stereotype about car brands.

For european brands such as BMW, Benz, Audi, people generally think they are high-built quality, more safe, reliable, well-made. And the owners may have a well-paid jobs, high income.

For Japanese brands, they are considered as cheap to maintain, reliable. And the owners may be middle-age.

For Tesla, they are more likely to have accidents.

How does British think about car brands?

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  2. If you even look at a Skoda it will fall apart.
    (This was more true in the past. Modern Skoda’s are alright).

    Volvo’s are extra safe, but dull.

  5. Mercedes, Audi, BMW, Tesla, modified VW Transporter, VW Amarok, VW Golf R, Ford Ranger, Ford ST/RS – Driver is a tailgating prick who’s making up for over stretching themselves on a terrible PCP deal.

    Peugeot/Citroen/DS, Renault – historically horrendous reliability, but not as bad as people thought as they were never maintained.

    SAAB, Volvo – based turbo bricks

  6. A lot of people still see German brands as aspirational, a sign that you’re doing well in life.

    Older relatives of mine still don’t trust French brands after breakdowns and mechanical failures in cars they owned 50 years ago!

    Land Rover owners are seen as people deserving sympathy as they’ve got their own bum grooves on the sofa at their local service department.

  7. They do but most people don’t really take it that seriously and outside of petrolheads most people have little clue. Aside from the BMW drivers being arseholes I would struggle to describe any car stereotype because I don’t really care about cars enough.

  8. German cars are considered to be high quality and people like a BMW, Mercedes or Audi badge.

    Japanese cars have bullet proof reliability but are a little bit dull. Honda Jazz are exclusively driven by retired people.

    French cars are quirky but fall apart easily.

    Italian cars are usually quite stylish but not built properly.

    Korean cars are a bit like Japanese cars.

    American cars are huge and inefficient and don’t really fit in the UK.

    British cars have strong brand value e.g Range Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Mini, but aren’t built properly and are unreliable. And they are barely even British anymore.

  9. Honda Jazz will be driven by an old biddy. The vehicle will **never** exceed 55mph, unless thrown out of an aeroplane.

  11. I find it offensive when people driving non-German makes don’t indicate. Like who are they trying to impersonate with their vauxhall corsas and hyundai i10s right?

  12. German cars depreciate massively if you use the indicators, only reason i can come up with for the drivers never fricking using them.

  14. I would say most of our car stereotypes are about the people who drive them rather than the cars themselves.

  19. 4×4’s, especially range rovers, are driven by people on the school run. You can guarantee they are on their way to park across or even on someone’s driveway without permission.

  20. Ford ranger (burnt orange) mid – senior level manager, has a few kids and lives with his missus on a new build estate. Interior for home is mainly grey or white. The kids probably have a green or yellow pillow in their room to add some colour. Wife drives either a 1 series or a mini ‘because it’s fun’ to drop the kids of at school which is about a mile away. Spend lots of time updating instagram with perfectly positioned pictures and how much of a happily family they are. Meanwhile he’s dying inside and has bought the ford ranger to impress his mates who are all in the same boat, but are probably driving a 3 series (which doesn’t have working indicators)

  21. BMW and Audi are good quality cars, but the drivers are always arseholes who think they own the roads and follow their own rules.

    If you park in a supermarket car park far away from any other cars, when you come back from shopping. There will be a vauxhall zafira parked right next to you

  25. Honda jizz, old people, purple rinsers and coffin dodgers, seem to be limited to 20 in a 30 ( might sell well in Wales now) 30 in a 40 and 40 in a 60 , i can be heard shouting why the feck are you breaking to slow down as they enter different zones.🤣😂

  26. No one disregards the Highway Code quite like a shitty old van with ‘Highway Maintenance’ written on it.

  27. I just came here to say that Tesla’s are generally fucking ugly. And the the truck must be the most fucking ugly thing I’ve ever seen. Its almost like my 3 years drew a box with wheels and they ran with that.

  28. Every single time I’ve been tailgated, recklessly overtaken or flashed at it’s been an Audi. (I had a black box for a couple of years so drive AT the speed limit, not below). Usually a white Audi.

  29. The Dacia Sandero – a crap car for paupers, who are also often old and stupid, and who need to get from A to B cheaply and don’t care what others think. Once dented it stays dented.

    Often seen going at 50mph on major A roads and motorways as this is the safe and comfortable maximum. On good road surfaces it’s sometimes possible to hear the radio at this speed too.

    The Dacia doesn’t have any computers or other modern technology. Roadside repairs are carried out by a farrier or blacksmith.

    Edit: I’m a shameless Sandero driver myself!

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