The author argues that a car being 'fit for purpose' doesn't mean it's boring. They use examples of luxury and performance cars to illustrate their point, then praise the Skoda Superb estate for exceeding expectations in terms of practicality, comfort, and overall quality.
There is no such thing as the perfect Q car. But Skoda UK came awfully close to building one this year... Jeremy Clarkson once said there’s nothing worse than describing a car as fit for purpose . Far be it for me to disagree, but I disagree. Strongly, as it happens. Fit for purpose doesn’t mean boring. Nothing of the sort. Fit for purpose means that the car I’m driving – or that some punter’s paid good money for in good faith – does what it’s supposed to do.
Is that bad? If it is, you can call me Susan. Let me explain what I mean with a couple of examples. Let’s say you drop £400k on a shiny new Rolls-Royce Phantom. Fit for purpose in that scenario would include, say, it riding bloody beautifully and feeling as beautifully made as an Exocet missile. Or, if you blow £80k on a BMW M3, then fit for purpose would mean it’s as quick as an Exocet missile and, when you point it at a target, such as an apex, it hits said target with pinpoint accuracy. What’s wrong with having expectations such as those? And the truth is that many cars don’t do what they say they will on the tin. Fit for purpose means, simply, achieving a brief – doing what’s expected – but the best cars go further. They exceed their briefs and your expectations. Not many cars achieve this mighty feat, mind, but I know of one: the humble Mk3 Skoda Superb estate. The first time I drove one – many moons ago, when I was a road tester for What Car? magazine – I thought this was a near-perfect car. Fit for purpose in the Superb’s case translates as: great practicality, a comfortable ride, nicely made, efficient…that sort of thing. It did all those things and more besides. It wasn’t big inside, it was massive. It made St. Paul’s feel like a St. Bedsit. And while the ride wasn’t sophisticated, it was soft and squidgy and, most importantly, comfortable. Add in the plump, softly sprung seats, and driving it felt like you’d plonked your favourite armchair on a waterbed with wheel
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