skoda superb - does anyone have one ?

albalad · 14 June 2006 at 6:50PM

while researching a new car , i've kind of stumbled across the skoda superb and am quite impressed.
I would like to hear any feedback or comments from anyone who owns or has owned one ........ primarily as i can't seem to find one single bad review about this car , is it really that good ?

JBsplit · 14 June 2006 at 8:17PM

well basicly its a VW passat, so your getting the reliabilty and build quality of the german car for less money. i would have no problem buying a VW so therfore i would have no problem buying a skoda.

cheekymole · 14 June 2006 at 8:48PM

Not quite the same but I've got an Elegance and before that a bog standard octavia. I would never change, the quality, reliance and value for money and most of all I fell totally safe when I'm driving.
Buy one, you'll never look back

albalad · 14 June 2006 at 9:07PM

cheekymole wrote:

Not quite the same but I've got an Elegance and before that a bog standard octavia. I would never change, the quality, reliance and value for money and most of all I fell totally safe when I'm driving.
Buy one, you'll never look back

yeah , it's the elegance i've been looking at too - maybe even the edition 100 if i can find one ........... thanks for the reassurance .

am i missing something

after 5 days of searching i've only come across one almost bad review of this car............ and even he said he would buy another one

wealthsaver · 14 June 2006 at 10:37PM

albalad wrote:

The skoda superb
I would like to hear any feedback or comments from anyone who owns or has owned one ........ primarily as i can't seem to find one single bad review about this car , is it really that good ?

You can read lots of discussion including an introduction at the following site.
http://www.briskoda.net/forums/superb/
A Skoda owner/enthusiast site.
Hope external links are ok to post.

wazza · 15 June 2006 at 1:46AM

JBsplit wrote:

well basicly its a VW passat, so your getting the reliabilty and build quality of the german car for less money. i would have no problem buying a VW so therfore i would have no problem buying a skoda.

vw designed a long wheel base version of the passat but shelved the idea. instead all the work went to skoda to produce the superb. u will notice more legroom in the rear compared to a passat.

gord115 · 15 June 2006 at 12:13PM

I own a fabia and the car is very reliable and well built,can't see why the superb shouldn't live up to it's name-buy one

joannasmum · 15 June 2006 at 1:01PM

We've got an Octavia and are looking to replace are second car with a Fabia. The Octavia is truely the best car we have ever owned/driven. As others have said they are now basically a VW with a different body shell. Go for it you wont regret it for a second

mrh · 15 June 2006 at 6:06PM

I've had a Skoda Superb Elegance for 18months now - changed from a Vauxhall Omega 2.2 to the 1.9tdi.

Very impressed - the look on peoples faces when you're at lights or in traffic and they realise its a skoda. Some even point at the badge in amazement.

A lot of the components have either the vw or audio logos on them, so it not cheap czech rubbish.

There's a few things that VW didn't let them put on the superb that you'd find on the passat - split folding seats, closing windows with the remote key fob - but I think some of the newer builds now even have these!

Customer service is much better than Renault or Vauxhall - the 3yr warranty is great. Used it for a stiff boot mechanism, and a rattling sump guard - so nothing major! They even gave me a Octavia vrs to play with whilst they did the work.

Ended up getting mine from a skoda dealer - seemed as good a deal as the car supermarkets.

I'm 6ft 7 and even with the front seats fully back, can still sit comfortably in the back!

Have done a lot of miles in ours recently - French Alps twice - and still think its a comfortable car with lots of extras you wouldn't expect.

If you've any specific questions let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Cheers

Matthew

highet · 16 June 2006 at 10:16AM

got a superb comfort 130 tdi 3 months ago as a replacement for an audi a6 - if you covered up the badges it could be the same car - loads of room, as well put together as the audi and the diesel engine does 50+mpg easily - even better it cost less than half what the equivalent audi was going to cost- also the comfort has loads of gadgets which the audi didnt eg rear parking sensors, 6 cd etc - i would certainly recommend it

996ducati · 17 June 2006 at 8:56AM

If its for a company car the entry level Skoda engines are quite poor on the emissions.

As mentioned,yes it is effectively a VW Passat but do remember that VW Passat's do have their mechanical problems (like any other car!).

That aside I love my Passat & look forward to keeping it for a long time:D

skoda superb - does anyone have one ?

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