Comments on: 2008 Skoda Roomster Comparo – Petrol vs. Diesel

By: sabeela

sabeela — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:38:11 +0000

My dream car is skoda. plz send me the least price of skoda. I will definitely purchase the car, but don’t know when? and sorry to say, now I dont have money. If I will have money in future (let conside if i will become old ) I wil go for SKODA.

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:30:55 +0000

Hi Folks on me diesel crusade again. Just watched the first round of 2008 British Touring Cars. Seat running diesels aagianst the rest of the petrol fired pack. They came 3rd and 4th. Apparently they have been pretty sucessful in the world series.
Just to win an arguement for TP the Vauxhall Vectra waahhey BM!!) FWD beat the RWD BMW 3 Series cos it couldn’t stop sliding sideways on the corners!!

By: Frugal-One

Frugal-One — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:25:31 +0000

Neither

Get the proper genuine VW one!

And yeah, diesel powered is better becuase the ULP engine fitted is a pox, needs a 2l or V6

Cheers

F-0

By: SteveV

SteveV — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:07:59 +0000

It is the OVERALL comparison that would count, not just one factor.

By: SteveV

SteveV — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:06:12 +0000

No Name,
you obviously haven’t driven the 3.3! I’d suggest the diesel wouldn’t give up too much ground to the petrol in acceleration and would certainly kick ass with a few bodies on board or steep accent.

By: No Name

No Name — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:31:25 +0000

Steve V – Thats not a good comparison mate. petrol 3.3 V6 versus a 2.2 4cyl diesel. No brainer the petrol has the go but the diesel has the econmomy. Its a pointless excercise as we all no the answers now.

By: BK

BK — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:07:57 +0000

Diesel will always kick petrol engines asses in. Every semi trailor runs on diesel so why not make every car a diesel to. Hope the ford falcon be a diesel one day. Imagine a Barra 4 litre on diesel pumpin out 750 nm of torque. Maybe the next GTHO will be a diesel pumpin out 1000+ nm of torque and reclaim the worlds fastest production car again.

By: tonyn

tonyn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:42:21 +0000

email me matt as i work for a vw skoda dealer, i can help with costings and other stuff

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:57:32 +0000

Simon – the servicing is something we’ll look in to for you. As to depreciation, it may be a case of “too early to tell”, though historically speaking, obscure brands do not fare well.

By: tonyn

tonyn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:28:17 +0000

i can tell you it costs no more to own a volkswagen or skoda in service costs. they have the same 15,000 klm intervals and service cost is the same.

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:58:13 +0000

The other part of cost of ownership is service and maintainence. When comparing the two does one require more service intervals, more parts replacement etc.

This could be a big factor espically for those who don’t do massive km’s. (i.e save a little on running costs and then lose it all at service time)

Also I know this is a new car to the Aust market but what about resale value for the two types??

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:27:25 +0000

SteveV – thanks and yes I agree with your point, but these vehicles were available and the point seemed a timely one. Next month’s (and the following)comparo will prove your point re smaller capacity/premium price – we’ll see which comes out trumps. Will work on the SUV thing for you, I may have a pair Sportages in the wings.

BMWsauberF1 – as a car buff, it’s a no brainer, but this sites caters for any one interested in cars and potential buyers, not just enthusiasts like you and me, hence the detailed explanations in the article that may seem ‘common knowledge’ to the majority.

By: BMWsauberF1

BMWsauberF1 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:03:59 +0000

You could say this comparison was a bit of a no brainer.. diesel wins hands down everytime in load bearing and fuel economy. no suprises here

By: SteveV

SteveV — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:58:09 +0000

Great idea for this review Matt. Will help alot of people still scared of committing to diesels.

As a diesel owner I have to admit however your review was a little unfair. Generally the diesel option in most makes is a smaller capacity engine at a premium price against a petrol equivalent (both being manual or auto).

Can I suggest a SUV (biggest moving segment of the car industry) and the Santa Fe (yes I have one) for one of your tests as the comparison would be more realistic for most makes. The 3.3 petrol V the 2.2 diesel (disregard the 3.7 as it is only 2wd) or perhaps a Captiva or Sorrento.
I’ll still bet my house on the diesel!

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:08:10 +0000

Hey Mitchell, the Roomster is not available in Auto diesel. Petrol gets both gearboxes, diesel manual only.

By: Mitchell Oke

Mitchell Oke — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:24:21 +0000

Ah that’s a good point Paul, how much is the auto diesel?

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:27:58 +0000

Yeh can’t wait for the diesel hybrids to come out to see how they compare to the Prius….and then you’ll see some real fire works with our Toyota buddies!!!

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:19:58 +0000

Nah Carl, I’m genuinely interested, whilst we don’t have any of the so called big cars here it will be interesting to watch the banter.
Also have you noticed how the CA folks are targeting popular topics! Hybrid comparison, Diesel comparison…

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:16:01 +0000

No Name, Your such a stirrer….Matt Please take your time with that comparison and try and make it a three way tie coz other wise regardless of the winner this blog will go into meltdown!!!LOL

By: No Name

No Name — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:31:14 +0000

Cheers Matt – Look forward to it.