Skoda Superb. Could it be love?

Hurrah! Looks great in red!

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I like my diesel Skoda, it’ll do 60+ mpg on the motorway and needs no road tax, but it’s a pain not being able to drive it into quite a few cities now without attracting a punitive lez fee

Which engine is that, then? And what cities do you need to pay ulez for?
I have got a Leon with the 2 litre 150 diesel and everywhere I checked doesn’t require ulez payment for it. I think the 180 version is the same.

Mine is a 2015 Greenline. Doesn’t qualify for cities like Bristol.

Indeed some of the 2.0tdi’s are not ULEZ.

Brother in law was looking for Octavia estate and it was proper lottery across years 2014-2018 it seems for ULEZ and tax rates.

Our van, 2.0tdi 115bhp is not ULEZ.

(More importantly BiL went to see a 2016 TDI and ended up coming home with a 2020 VRS. 😆 )

I did some reading last night about the difference between Sportline and Sportline Plus. The Plus gets the cool LED dashpod and larger head unit, plus much more effective LED headlights.

I also got onto reading about the hybrids. They’re technically over budget but would make our fuel bills disappear. The Mrs could commute all week on full electric power. We’d only use the petrol engine probably every other weekend for longer trips. That idea is very appealing. I kind of put myself off the red one. It’s perfectly decent but it’s the car we should have bought 4 years ago instead of the Yeti, maybe not the car we should be buying now.

There’s a couple of these locally…Link

I might try to test drive one this weekend and then maybe leave it until February or March and cough up the extra cash.

Ive just had to sell my Superb sportline to fund anew bike.

Mine was a 2018 Sportline with the 2.0 220bhp petrol engine.

Lovely motor, really comfy seating position but the standard suspension was woeful. Lots of complaints online about the standard set up being too soft and wallowy. I replaced the shocks on mine with Bilstein B6 which helped massively but you still couldn’t drive it in a spirited manner without it wallowing about. Saying that its not really designed for that.

I was getting about 600 mile out of a tank and it certainly felt quick enough. I know have a Seat Leon tdi 184bhp and it feels much slower.

Mixed feelings about the DSG box. Sometimes it couldn’t decide what gear to be in and was slightly hesitant.

If you can afford or find a sportline plus in your budget I would jump over it. The LED headlights are much better than the HID fitted to the standard sportline.

We have a 2019 Superb hatchback, SE L model, and love it. Its a 2l petrol turbo 7sp DSG with about 190bhp, and wafts along really nicely. We typically see 40+ mpg, although on longer journeys we see over 50.

Its got plenty of go, the gearbox is pretty good, its very comfy, it is huge (you may have noticed), and its very quiet. The infotainment system is mostly really good. We get the occasional glitch with carplay but just disconnect and reconnect the phone then its fine. Otherwise we’ve not had any issues with it. 

To be honest, I’m not entirely certain what I’d replace it with. 

The only thing I would say is, that it isn’t really a ‘drivers’ car, it is very softly sprung, so you do just need to sit back and relax, rather than attack a stretch of road. 

Another owner here; 2010 2.0tdi, just passed 100k last week and absolutely drives like a new car; taking out decent, recent rentals for work is always a bit disappointing. Nicely run in now, it was a well preserved 42k at six years old when I got it and currently averages over 55mpg from fill to fill on V-power diesel. 65+mpg is genuinely achievable on longer runs. It’s also been to the Alps a couple of times from NE Scotland; comfortably..

No electronic issues so far, but has needed a replacement EGR valve, which was expensive. 

 Everything else so far has been fair wear and tear, discs, rear calipers and a smattering of suspension components. Space is brilliant, I frequently load it up with an entire field hospital and it’s totally unfazed. 

Love it. 

Had 3 Superb Estates in succession as company cards from 2015-2018 Back then I was driving approx 60k a year (worked in car rental as a Regional Manager covering 15 locations) and they were head and shoulders over any of the alternatives at the time. All mine were from new and swapped after 12months due to mileage. 

Quiet, refined & comfortable. DSG and diesel would be my choice. Avoid Alcantara trim if possible as it gets grotty very quickly particularly if you are throwing bikes in the back and have kids that play sports. Had no real issues with any of the ones I drove apart from a few phantom EML lights being thrown on all of them.

With that being said and given the budget you are looking at it might be worth test driving a V90 to see if you like it. Far better refinement and road manners. Good infotainment and ADAS. In my mind a better piece of kit.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202311153983495

Also bear in mind that a 7 year old Superb pre COVID was a 10k max car. Market will eventually adjust, wouldn’t be afraid of saving some money and buying one with 100k as they hold up well.

Best of luck with whatever you decide