First good Pictures of All new Skoda Superb

Zonda999

The first good pics of the all new skoda superb have been released today.Looking good to reach ireland by august.Looks to have same engines as passat.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_475/car_photo_237510_25.jpg

Good looking car IMO.

niceirishfella

yes, not bad at all.

E92

Looks like a VW Jetta from that angle, which is not good.

Whatever happened to VAG's plan by Burnt Fishtrousers ok ok Bernd Pischetrieder was his real name which included restricting Skoda to just the Fabia and Octavia?

Martin Winterkorn mustn't have liked that plan evidently.

Jimbo

Looks Supurb.






Ya, ya, I'll get me coat

cantdecide

Do theose wheels look familiar to anyone else??

mick.fr

Pussies car.

cantdecide

mick.fr wrote: »

Pussies car.

I've missed you, mick.fr

mvpr

Looks good, but the average 1.9tdi taxi wont have any of the ancilliaries that are on that car.

Fan of the Superb though I must say

mick.fr

cantdecide wrote: »

I've missed you, mick.fr

Well, what I meant exactly actually is more that this car has no personality.
For me you have to drive that reflects your personality, but with this type of car, I do not see any. It is like a Ford Mondeon, or a Peugeot 406, 407, Citroen etc...
I can't believe I wrote Peugeot and Citroen, OH, I did it again....

Jimbo

mick.fr wrote: »

Well, what I meant exactly actually is more that this car has no personality.
For me you have to drive that reflects your personality, but with this type of car, I do not see any. It is like a Ford Mondeon, or a Peugeot 406, 407, Citroen etc...
I can't believe I wrote Peugeot and Citroen, OH, I did it again....

Or a BM?

cantdecide

mick.fr wrote: »

...what I meant exactly...

Thanks for clarifying;)

DonJose

Looks like a Saab.

maidhc

DonJose wrote: »

Looks like a Saab.

Bang on.

colm_mcm

the rear lights from the side are very 9-5, also a bit Phaeton. front lights are also reminding me of the Saab, but also of the Fabia, not bad looking, Audi and VW have done a lot blander in the last few years

E92

Those wheels are very like the "machined" wheels you can get in a Ford!

woop

I have no objections to skoda's at all, actually I quite liked the old superb and the old fabia looks wise............I just dont know about the new look grill thats on the fabia and now the superb............I cant really place what I dont like about it, bit formal looking or something

Sandwich

Looks fine. Better than the current Passat - unlike the current Superb which just always just got lost in the crowd as too B5 Passat lookalike.

fabsoul

Sandwich wrote: »

Looks fine. Better than the current Passat -

+1

Zonda999

I think it looks great and i'm sure the interior w'ont disappoint(apparently like a passat which is no bad thing)I'm slightly disapointed with the diesel choice.I previously thought that it would be 2.0TDI only with various power outputs, 120, 140 and 170.However according to skoda's website the base engine will be the same 1.9TDI as the passat.This was a great engine in its day but it is now one of the weak links in the vw group.I hear that the audi A4 is getting the 2.0TDI in the power outputs mentioned above. As far as i know these are now common rail rather than PD.It remains to be clear if the 1.9TDI in the new superb will also be common rail.Any thoughts?????

E92

Zonda999 wrote: »

I think it looks great and i'm sure the interior w'ont disappoint(apparently like a passat which is no bad thing)I'm slightly disapointed with the diesel choice.I previously thought that it would be 2.0TDI only with various power outputs, 120, 140 and 170.However according to skoda's website the base engine will be the same 1.9TDI as the passat.This was a great engine in its day but it is now one of the weak links in the vw group.I hear that the audi A4 is getting the 2.0TDI in the power outputs mentioned above. As far as i know these are now common rail rather than PD.It remains to be clear if the 1.9TDI in the new superb will also be common rail.Any thoughts?????

VAG don't seem to like putting the most up to date engines in Skodas or Seats. There aren't any Seats with the new 1.4 and 1.8 TFSI engines around the place you'll notice.Though Skoda do offer you the 1.8 TFSI now.

The 1.9 would be the PD engine, the new A4 has the new common rail diesels and is the only VAG car with them so far. Oddly enough the VW Tiguan which only just came out has the older PD type diesels too.

Michael G

I love my May 2005 Superb — 1.9 litre 140bhp diesel automatic with cruise control and all the other amenities. I'm just going to wait for the new 2 litre DSG. But I wish they would make an estate; that would be my perfect car

mondeo

Well I'm not a taxi driver so I wont be making a purchase. Looks nice but in some ways like everything else on the road. Too Saab like I think..

Zonda999

Michael G wrote: »

I love my May 2005 Superb — 1.9 litre 140bhp diesel automatic with cruise control and all the other amenities. I'm just going to wait for the new 2 litre DSG. But I wish they would make an estate; that would be my perfect car

Amazingly, there are indeed plans for an estate model superb.I remember reading it somewhere.D'ont hold your breath though.I reckon it wont get here until the start of 2009 at the earliest

http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/228962/

They say so here

colm_mcm

Dunno if everyone knows it's now a hatchback?

junkyard

I'd buy one before I'd buy a VW anyway but that said Skoda still has a poverty image attached to it as far as I'm concerned. If I wasn't into cars and wanted something to get from A to B or to use as a taxi I'd buy one.

colm_mcm

junkyard wrote: »

If I wasn't into cars and wanted something to get from A to B or to use as a taxi I'd buy one.

And not a Vel Satis?

bazz26

Not gone on the hatchback that looks like a saloon concept myself. Will be interesting the see what price range it comes in at.


Also are the new EuroV emmissions regulations going to put the old 1.9 TDi to rest over the next few years?

Zonda999

Definately, I still cant figure out how it got through Euro IV.When is EuroV going to come into effect anyway?????

junkyard

LIGHTNING wrote: »

TBH if anybody (not you that is )says to me "But Skoda`s crap" or any of the usual rubbish they obviously know little or nothing about cars. Id had a Fabia for a while and I loved it, a far better car than a Polo.

I'm not saying they're crap it's just they've got an image problem. By all accounts they're a superior car to a VW..........not that that's a hard thing:).

Are you selling one of those Renaults Colm? I have a friend with a crusher who'd love to rid the planet of another one of them:D.

Seth Brundle

junkyard wrote: »

Are you selling one of those Renaults Colm? I have a friend with a crusher who'd love to rid the planet of another one of them:D.

LOL - you secretly want to get rid of the M5 and get yourself a new 308!

unkel

Quite like it. It looks very substantial. Half way between the Passat and the Phaeton?

prospect

But will it be the same great value for money as the current one?
i.e. Will it depreciate heavily (for no other reason than peoples badge snobbery) and give a fantastic value used car option.

Biro

Michael G wrote: »

I love my May 2005 Superb — 1.9 litre 140bhp diesel automatic with cruise control and all the other amenities. I'm just going to wait for the new 2 litre DSG. But I wish they would make an estate; that would be my perfect car

I would say your Superb is a 130bhp unit, the 140 is 2 litre.

Ice_Box

Its huge. Octavia too small and superb too big. Anything in between?

Henry Ford III

A junker. A poor man's Passat.

(Reaches for coat)

prospect

Ice_Box wrote: »

Its huge. Octavia too small and superb too big. Anything in between?

The Octavia Combi Scout:

cjt156

Looks fine for what it is, if that's what you want. Hardly going to evoke a passionate response though, is it?

I think junkyard's point is right; Skoda's image has gone from
"Skoda, they're crap"
to
"Honestly, its as good as a VW, only cheaper"
...bit like the Beamish of the motoring world.

G Luxel

Its a nice car. But take the aerial off it. I guess it will be sold in China as a Volkswagen Passat. I wonder will there be an Estate version this time? The present Superb had initially a very nice Concept Coupe which never made production.:mad:

colm_mcm

The current Passat is being sold in China.

Stephen

As are several previous generations alongside it

That Skoda looks alright, except for the usual fugly Skoda grille.

E92

Isn't the Volkswagen Santana, which is sold in China, a mid 80s Passat(I think it's the B3 Passat actually come to think of it)?

Stephen

The Santana is a B2 passat afaik. There's a Santana 2000 and 3000 also which are based on later models, although I think they might have been ventos or something. More recent ones (i.e. the ones that started appearing here around 1997) are badged as Passat in China. They still sell the Santana and Santana 3000 alongside the newer ones. Practically every taxi in china is a santana!

colm_mcm

The current Passat is sold in china as the Matogan, and they also sell the Passat Lingyu

pretty much a Skoda Superb

They also sold the old 80's Jetta and grafted a Passat front end onto it:

return guide

The first good pics of the all new skoda superb have been released today.Looking good to reach ireland by august.Looks to have same engines as passat.



Any update on the release date

galwaytt

Henry Ford III wrote: »

A junker. A poor man's Passat.

(Reaches for coat)

Or, or......

Thinking Man's Passat.

or,

The Passat is the un-thinking man's Superb..........


oh, btw - +1 on it. I think it looks good. As for Bernd's plans to do/not do, remember this is the guy who sees no prob in burying millions into

a) Phaeton - daft
b) Veyron - wise choice, sir...... )

So, clearly, his vision is.............clouded??

octyvrs

return guide wrote: »

The first good pics of the all new skoda superb have been released today.Looking good to reach ireland by august.Looks to have same engines as passat.



Any update on the release date

any links?....

Michael G

Biro wrote: »

I would say your Superb is a 130bhp unit, the 140 is 2 litre.

You're right. Sorry, careless typing late at night. I'm hoping I can get a 140bhp in the new one.

meathstevie

Anyone who thinks a Skoda is a junker needs their head checked or shut up about cars. They're about the best European car in any survey anyone on a normal budget can buy. No doubt a Merc S500 AMG or BMW M5 has a good bit of an edge on them but you'll be buying the new Superb for less than the cost of the first year's depreciation on any of the top prestige brands and I bet you my last penny it will be a relaible and comfortable quality car. As for anything out of the PSA stable, having owned one of their exploits has cured me for life of owning anything French with an engine in it.

Zonda999

The new superb was offcially launched today at geneva.Lookin good and the 1.4 tsi should be great for this country.More here

http://new.skoda-auto.com/COM/Pages/Home.aspx