Review | Why Should I Choose A... Volkswagen Arteon?
Review | Why Should I Choose A... Volkswagen Arteon?
The Arteon is probably Volkswagen’s best car. But why should you choose one when you could get something with a fancier badge instead? Mark asks the question…
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Review written \u0026 presented by Mark Nichol
Filmed by Oliver Winward
Edited by Joe Hair
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:18 - Need To Know
1:47 - How Practical Is It?
2:24 - Coolest Feature
2:56 - How Does It Drive?
4:42 - What Else Could I Get?
5:20 - Conclusion
Content
0 -> hi everyone okay so welcome to why
2.58 -> should I choose a Volkswagen arteon I'm
5.1 -> going to tell you everything you need to
6.72 -> know about this lovely big Volkswagen
8.76 -> it's really good I'm Mark hope you're
10.32 -> doing great let's go
14.56 -> [Music]
18.84 -> so then what do you need to know the
21.6 -> arteon is a big five-door family car but
24.66 -> one that's styled to look much more
26.279 -> interesting than your average big
28.019 -> five-door family car look at it all
30.539 -> Creasy and low and wide but the best
33.3 -> thing is whichever one you get whether
35.219 -> it's the estate version that you're
36.78 -> looking at here aka the shooting break
39.12 -> or the regular one which is called Fast
41.34 -> back because of the slope of the big
43.26 -> hatch at the back they are both
44.879 -> massively practical both with huge boot
47.7 -> openings so that you can drop all manner
49.739 -> of Saved generic flat pack Furniture in
52.2 -> there with ease and both with enough
54.059 -> length in the cabin to make for proper
56.64 -> lanky adult space in the back seats now
59.039 -> for reference I'm six foot four and our
61.02 -> front seat there is set up from my
62.76 -> driving position see loads of space now
64.979 -> it's not cheap it's basically the
66.6 -> fanciest VW on sale aside from the
69.06 -> massive tour egg SUV but you do get a
71.82 -> ton of stuff with it whichever version
73.68 -> you choose and the interior quality is
76.159 -> outstanding from top to bottom now
78.42 -> unusual either sportier trim called
80.7 -> r-line is the cheapest one effectively
83.159 -> because it's the only one you can get
84.78 -> with a manual gearbox and the lowest
86.759 -> powered petrol engine but actually our
88.86 -> line trim suits the car best because you
91.08 -> get big wheels tinted windows stuff like
93.42 -> that it's kind of more aggressive
95.4 -> sportier and it's worth noting that the
98.28 -> premium for a shooting break for the
100.079 -> estate over a Fastback is only 900 quid
103.259 -> now monthly payment terms that's only
105.36 -> going to be a few quid more well worth
107.22 -> it
108.2 -> okay so how practical is it actually
110.939 -> well we've got the shooting break today
113.579 -> as you can see that means that the boot
115.2 -> is usefully larger the cabin's the same
117.6 -> in both exactly the same in the boot
119.64 -> I've got my bag full of car junk so
122.1 -> let's find out what fits inside the
123.54 -> cabin how practical is it
127.31 -> [Music]
131.52 -> foreign
134.83 -> [Applause]
135.65 -> [Music]
143.459 -> foreign
145.14 -> okay so what's the first feature that
147.42 -> you'll want to tell people about I'm not
149.459 -> convinced you'll want to necessarily
150.66 -> tell your friends about this but this is
152.58 -> one of the best user interfaces in any
155.04 -> car in my opinion and it's mainly
156.84 -> because the software and the
158.4 -> infotainment works really well you can
160.08 -> see the hand gestures working there but
161.819 -> there's shortcut buttons also you've got
164.519 -> this temperature gauge which is haptic
167.099 -> sliders looks good but more importantly
168.959 -> it just works really really well
171.92 -> functional and attractive that's what
174.599 -> you want right
176.84 -> main question then how does it drive
179.58 -> okay ever honest about it this drives
182.879 -> more like the large and practical family
184.8 -> car that it actually is than the sporty
188.4 -> Dynamic one that Volkswagen has sort of
190.5 -> made it look like this feels less like a
192.72 -> good price BMW more like a fancy skoda
196.14 -> but it really is fancy and it really is
198.959 -> luxurious so yeah the arteons main
201.12 -> quality is that it's just exceptionally
203.58 -> comfortable and really good basic stuff
206.04 -> so even if your arteon is on massive
208.92 -> Wheels with dead thin tires like this
210.9 -> one is it rides with a soothing sense of
213.659 -> relaxation and that's impressive to
215.459 -> impressive that a car can have wheels
216.959 -> this big and still ride with that wavy
220.159 -> ameliorating quality that you want from
222.48 -> a top-end luxury car and it's like that
224.519 -> wherever the car is so whether you're a
226.56 -> 30 going around the streets or whether
227.94 -> you're sat at 70 on the motorway it just
230.28 -> has this lovely soft quality about it
232.62 -> all of Volkswagen's engines now are just
235.5 -> so well buffed well honed that you can
238.92 -> kind of say the same general thing about
240.599 -> them all and that's that they're dead
242.22 -> quiet pretty refined dead smooth so if
245.22 -> you're getting this as a company car
246.42 -> which is a good chance that you are then
247.86 -> you get the plug-in hybrid because even
249.72 -> though it's not the most efficient thing
251.22 -> on the motorway it will save you a
253.26 -> fortune in tax and if you have a short
255.299 -> commute to work you can use it on the
256.68 -> battery a lot of the time and you won't
257.82 -> use much fuel there if you're just going
259.26 -> around the doors and you want to keep
260.4 -> your costs low keep things simple get a
262.919 -> low power petrol and if you're doing a
264.54 -> lot of motor oil you're sat in this at
266.28 -> 70 a lot of the time diesel this is a
268.62 -> car that is at its best when it's being
270.9 -> driven relatively gently and over long
273.12 -> distances for that reason I think a
275.4 -> lower powered petrol one will do the job
277.32 -> just fine but I would get it with an
279.3 -> automatic gearbox it's a lovely lovely
281.4 -> gearbox now this thing so what else
283.979 -> could you get it's similar
285.96 -> different and genuinely fancy and also
288.84 -> not a German car the DS9 is proper comfy
292.5 -> and high quality it's an actual Saloon
294.9 -> though which means that the boot hole is
296.82 -> quite thin it is mint this thing Five
299.759 -> Doors Big Boot big tailgate fantastic
302.88 -> interior brilliant to drive yeah you
305.46 -> should definitely look at one of these
306.6 -> just maybe not from the front that is
309.06 -> some Grill Right strip away the arteons
311.46 -> aggressive styling and you're basically
313.38 -> left with this same hugeness same
315.84 -> practicality and pretty much the same
317.639 -> quality brought for significantly less
319.86 -> [Music]
322.32 -> [Applause]
323.88 -> think this is Peak Volkswagen and that
326.28 -> it's really high quality really refined
328.62 -> really easy to live with there's loads
331.32 -> of engine choice and especially in the
334.199 -> case of the shooting break here with
337.68 -> a dusting of style that's the worst
339.96 -> thing I've ever done but I I love this
342.9 -> car probably the best looking to stay
344.46 -> car on sale I think well done Volkswagen
347.87 -> [Music]
353.96 -> [Applause]
354.56 -> [Music]
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgNnJDp0CxY