Skoda Superb - superb value for money?

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

Ricochet J

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I'm probably missing something. So I'm hoping someone can point out (and laugh at my expense if you want) and tell me why someone with a £6k - £7k budget will go for a Mk3 Mondeo and not a Mk1 Superb. Especially when a £6k - £7k Superb (with a similar registration age to the equivalent Mondeo [also noting that the Superb and Mondeo ran similar manufacturing dates for their respective models]) gets you:

- Satallite navigation
- Cruise control
- Front electric seats
- Front heated seats
- Leather upholstry
- Trip computer
- Parking sensors
- Electric sunroof
- Rear blower/heater

Educate me.
 
People overlook them for the badge and don't want a car that big.

Other than that they are suppose to be very good - as is the new Superb.
 
With the exception of the rear heater, absolutely all of that is available on the mondeo. If you're talking about a 7k mk3, which is fair if you're comparing to a mk1 superb, I dare say they'd be common. Cruise and trip computer are on most mondeos for a start.

The superb is a good car and the new one is great value for money but id only have a mk1 over a mondeo if I wanted the rear leg room. Superbs are all saloons whereas most mondeos are hatches or estates so a different market too
 
Ricochet J said:
I'm probably missing something. So I'm hoping someone can point out (and laugh at my expense if you want) and tell me why someone with a £6k - £7k budget will go for a Mk3 Mondeo and not a Mk1 Superb. Especially when a £6k - £7k Superb (with a similar registration age to the equivalent Mondeo [also noting that the Superb and Mondeo ran similar manufacturing dates for their respective models]) gets you:

- Satallite navigation
- Cruise control
- Front electric seats
- Front heated seats
- Leather upholstry
- Trip computer
- Parking sensors
- Electric sunroof
- Rear blower/heater

Educate me.
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Don't forget the umbrella in the rear door ala RR Phantom and the ridiculous amount of rear legroom.
The reason they're overlooked is mainly down to badge snobbery.

My dad's got one in eastern Europe and has no complaints at all.
 
a fella at work was after a "cheap nice estate", i suggest an octavia and his answer was "what would the neighbours think"?
 
Fools then ran a couple of mk1 octavia taxis for the last 4 years and they are fantastic cars Vw mechanics throughout with only the badge giving the impression that people take away the cars themselves are fine and identical to their Vw/seat siblings
 
Matt82 said:
a fella at work was after a "cheap nice estate", i suggest an octavia and his answer was "what would the neighbours think"?
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:rolleyes:
WGAF would have been my response..

Foxtrot26 said:
Fools then ran a couple of mk1 octavia taxis for the last 4 years and they are fantastic cars Vw mechanics throughout with only the badge giving the impression that people take away the cars themselves are fine and identical to their Vw/seat siblings
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Exactly.
 
I was talking to a taxi driver when I was down in Swansea a couple of weeks ago.
He was driving an Octavia with 169k on the clock and he said that it had only had servicing consumables, brake pads, etc.
He also said that his last car was another Octavia and that did over 300k with no major expense bills bar normal servicing.

May look into one of these myself in the future.
 
Matt82 said:
a taxi driver told me that the octavia has a different "better" warrenty to their audi/vw stable mates.
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they used to have a 3 year unlimited mileage warranty but that changed to the more standard 3 years 60,000 miles a little while back

interestingly...VW seem to farm out manufacture of items right across the group..so for example the 1.2tsi engine and transmission for every part of the group is built in skodas mlada plant...so I imagine other engine types are built in one place for every partner in the group
so it doesnt matter if you get an audi a1, polo or fabia...the mechanicals really have come from the same place now

I wonder how this will affect overall reliability on the respective models...I suppose it will make it easier to diagnose manufacturing faults rather than having a myriad pieces come from all over europe
 
For the past x number of years Skoda have come out as the most reliable brand across the whole VAG range.
Doesn't make a great deal of sense - but the figures do speak for themselves.

There is a certain amount of tuning (or de-tuning) going on.
The old VAG 2.0 TFSI engine found in both the Octy vRS and Golf GTI produced 200bhp in the Skoda, but 210 as standard in the GTI.
The same seems to have happened again in the newer 2.0 FSI - 200bhp on the vRS and 210bhp in the Golf.
 
stoofa said:
For the past x number of years Skoda have come out as the most reliable brand across the whole VAG range.
Doesn't make a great deal of sense - but the figures do speak for themselves.

There is a certain amount of tuning (or de-tuning) going on.
The old VAG 2.0 TFSI engine found in both the Octy vRS and Golf GTI produced 200bhp in the Skoda, but 210 as standard in the GTI.
The same seems to have happened again in the newer 2.0 FSI - 200bhp on the vRS and 210bhp in the Golf.
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audi seem to apply some sort of 'valvelift' tech which brings the power in a bit lower down the rev range and a bit more torque


DIN-rated motive power & torque outputs and applications - Audi/SEAT valvelift variants
132 kilowatts (179 PS; 177 bhp) @ 4,200-6,000 rpm; 320 newton metres (236 ft·lbf) @ 1,500-4,000 rpm — CAEA/CDNB/CDNC: Audi B8 A4
155 kilowatts (211 PS; 208 bhp) @ 4,300-6,000 rpm; 350 newton metres (258 ft·lbf) @ 1,500-4,200 rpm — CAEA/CAEB/CDNC: Audi B8 A4, Audi A5, Audi Q5, Audi TT Mk2 (8J), SEAT Exeo

compared to non valvelift

155 kilowatts (211 PS; 208 bhp) @ 5,300-6,200 rpm; 280 newton metres (207 ft·lbf) @ 1,700-5,200 rpm — CCZA, CAWB: VW Golf Mk6 GTI, VW Scirocco
 
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