Except for the Superb, which was their own design and actually a notch above anything else made at that time by VAG.

It looks like most of their cars have ~110 horsepower? Seems weak.

Usually there is this thing called transmission in a car that effectively make the car able to accelerate enough for most of the situations. The only problem with having less horsepower than other cars is that the maximal achievable speed is lower. But for sure riding above 100mph is much more comfortable in other brands.

Low horsepower vehicles feel downright dangerous. Especially in the third world where executing moves quickly is very important. I suppose there is a way of driving that takes this into account but it feels so unnatural to me.

Depends on the car and where you're driving it.