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The Volkswagen Bora (1999-2005) is a small family saloon that delivers feisty performance whilst offering high quality comfort and a stylish exterior.

volkswagen Bora consumer reviews by year of make: 1999 2002

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Sarah R, London

Volkswagen Bora 2002

Well.... it is a great car with no doubt. However when it calls for work it calls for $$$$.. I just spent $8000 to fix the steering pump and the steering rack and it was a refurbish one. The steering got locked up and the mechanic said he changed the pump and it was still stiff, so he then changed the rack and it was OK, however I am now getting a shimmering on the left rare tyre. I want to sell the Bora VW, it is really costly. I live in the Caribbean. naughtyghul@yahoo.com. Thanks much for hearing my word. If I can get advise please help. I don’t know if I was ripped off or anything on cars.

Submitted: 29/01/2009 09:31:40 | ID: 2447

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Trevor Hibbert, Yorkshire

Volkswagen Bora 4 door 2.0 SE 2002

This is my first VW after mainly Volvo and more recently Mercedes and Audi. The Bora has the the solidity of the Audi (not surprising, same VAG group) and cruises real quiet. The driving environment is somewhat cramped but you can settle comfortably. I used it on a 500 mile round trip to Wales and managed 39mpg with combined driving. Boot is surprisingly capacious (room for your mother-in-law). It does have a peculiar grinding noise when pulling away. I purchased from a VW main agent paying a little extra for security. One criticism, my previous car, an Audi A4 1999 had a fantastic climate control. This VW, being the SE model comes with a primitive air con button. OK you can live with it but I’d expected something better. Also there’s no under bonnet sound insulation which the Audi had, but having said that it’s a quiet drive. There are some criticisms about its road holding, hang on a minute, its a saloon and I for one do not want to corner at 40mph and above, I prefer the more sedate and relaxing drive that the Bora offers. It is more stable than the equivalent Golf due to its stiffer suspension. Go on, buy one you’ll not regret it. The automatic dipping rear view mirror and auto wipers are great. With group 8 insurance for a 2000cc engine is good. Not an abundance of room in the rear seats though.

Submitted: 14/10/2008 11:14:32 | ID: 2008

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Janet Davies, Suffolk

Volkswagen Bora 1999

I really like my Bora; it’s nicely medium sized, runs very well and is very economical. However, one huge disappointment is that the front suspension springs have broken and just had to be replaced. Although it is a 1999 V reg, it has only done under 60,000 miles and I really wouldn’t have expected such a catastrophic failure of such a component. I’ve had lots of old cars, using them well into the 100,000 miles mark and nothing like this has happened to any of them and I wouldn’t expect it to happen on a VW. It has certainly made me think twice about replacing my VW with another one, when the time comes.

Submitted: 24/01/2008 16:11:08 | ID: 953

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