Comments on: 2009 Skoda Superb at MIMS

By: Jake02

Jake02 — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:48:02 +0000

As a Skoda owner, I was thoroughly impressed with the Superb. The model on show (Elegance 2.0TDI) was very nicely finished and looked great. BUT the problem are the idiots who go around and say: “Skoda. Eeeew” when the Superb is arguably a better car then the Volkswagen Passat (any VW in fact).

Reckless1, I am failing to understand why someone would compare an Audi Q5 (of which I sat in both there and was quoite impressed) to the Superb. The fact of the matter is the top spec Superb is $56,990 (3 grand cheaper than a Q5) which comes with the V6/4X4 system and the base Superb is only $42,990. Thats alot of car for the moolah.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:04:32 +0000

The one at the show was very nicely built and finished. It’s a large car with big boot and superb interior, but at $55,000 was the same price as the base Audi Q5.

That’s where the race was lost.

The Q5 is so far ahead in desirability for the same money, although I realise you only have to tick a couple of options and you get to $70,000+ before you can blink.

By: charles

charles — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:03:14 +0000

Hal, 5th Gear did a funny little test of skoda superb. Amoungst others parts of the test they taped over the skoda symbol and parked the car on a street in the banking section of london. They stopped people walking by what they thought of the car and what make of car they thought it was. Guess what; everyone thought it had a great design and the majority thought it was a BMW-

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:05:42 +0000

Hal, I gues you measure success in terms of how big a loss a car company can make.

Skoda is not getting it wrong, they’re making money…..

By: HAL

HAL — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:43:23 +0000

Overall the design is a fail IMO. It’s a shame because I see some quite good designing in elements of the front of the car, with the agressive headlights and strong presence of the lower bumper section. But then it’s let down by the creasing along the top of the bonnet section, the rear of the car and the Skoda family grill – very old hat and should be resigned to the scrap bin ASAP for new models.

It’s a shame because I think Skoda has something to offer, but just for now they seem to be getting 2 thirds of the puzzle right, but the final piece is eluding them.