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First good Pictures of All new Skoda Superb

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    #32
    prospect
    Registered Users Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭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.


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    #33
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭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.


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    #34
    Ice_Box
    Closed Accounts Posts: 569 ✭✭✭Ice_Box


    Its huge. Octavia too small and superb too big. Anything in between?
    9080109.002.Mini3L.jpg


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    #35
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,711 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    A junker. A poor man's Passat.

    (Reaches for coat) :D


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    #36
    prospect
    Registered Users Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭prospect


    Ice_Box wrote: »
    Its huge. Octavia too small and superb too big. Anything in between?

    The Octavia Combi Scout:
    skoda_octavia_scout_front.jpg


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    #37
    cjt156
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭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.


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    #38
    G Luxel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭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:


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    #39
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,455 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The current Passat is being sold in China.


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    #40
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    As are several previous generations alongside it :D

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


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    #41
    E92
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭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)?


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    #42
    Stephen
    Registered Users Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭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!


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    #43
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,455 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    The current Passat is sold in china as the Matogan, and they also sell the Passat Lingyu
    1.jpg
    pretty much a Skoda Superb

    They also sold the old 80's Jetta and grafted a Passat front end onto it:
    FAWVWJetta1999vose.jpg


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    #44
    return guide
    Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭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


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    #45
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    A junker. A poor man's Passat.

    (Reaches for coat) :D


    Or, or......

    Thinking Man's Passat.

    or,

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


    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??

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #46
    octyvrs
    Registered Users Posts: 59 ✭✭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?....


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    #47
    Michael G
    Registered Users Posts: 797 ✭✭✭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.


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    #48
    meathstevie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,772 ✭✭✭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.


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    #49
    Zonda999
    Registered Users Posts: 5,533 ✭✭✭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


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