Also, one of the oldest car manufacturers in the world.

And a maker of great value practical cars - my last 3 cars (and my wife's last 2 cars) have all been Škodas.

However, I was disappointed that they stopped making the Yeti.

Are Skoda cars with DSG transmissions reliable in Europe?

They're unreliable where I'm from.

Otherwise, they make fabulous desirable cars.

We've had 3 DSG cars between us - no problems so far. Mind you, they were under warranty and we get them regularly serviced.

My current car is a 1l 3-cylinder DSG Kamiq - which I am pretty happy with. Only complaint being the slow starting touch screen and the move away from physical buttons (e.g. for heated windscreen).

Wow that's pretty cool.

Over here it's only a matter of time before DSG inevitably fails.

Apparently, it tends to overheat when idling in traffic in D. This is also a problem in VW cars which uses the same gearbox.

It's a really hot climate where I live; I wonder if that's a factor.

The good thing is that Skoda/VW don't hesitate before replacing a failed gearbox (and then that one fails).

It's a lovely gearbox when it works.

"it tends to overheat"

I'm in Scotland, so it rarely gets above 20C and it quite often fairly damp - which presumably keeps the gearbox nice and cool :-)

Edit: We also very rarely sit in traffic, which might help as well.

Still, other gearboxes work well here. So maybe there's a design fault somewhere.

There's a Wikipedia entry for DSG problems: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-shift_gearbox#Problem...

I'm now a complete convert to DSG style gearboxes. Mind you next car will hopefully be electric so problem goes away - probably an Enyaq.