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Gay, Slavs!

The car in our country should not cause sense of class hatred. AutoTopic recommends the officials will look at Skoda Superb.
Strange name for the Czech car. Especially since the word is chosen not Czech, but English. Superb means a rich translation. Not in the sense of the presence of money in the account, and in the value richly declared or rich equipment. And his appearance in Skoda catalogs is nostalgia for the past. It was Superb that headed the model range of Czech passenger cars from 1934 to 1949. The most powerful version was equipped with a 4-liter 8-cylinder engine with a capacity of 95 hp. And so - the second coming of Skoda Superb, created on the basis of Passat, collected by the VW concern in China for important officials.
Knedlik in Prague. If you get around the car around, then it is primarily Skoda. In a solid urban stream, it is not confused with Volkswagen or Audi. All Czech cars are distinguished by a large grill of radiator, low molding of the front bumper and a high trunk. The new SuperB is no exception - at first glance, all its external elements repeat the Octavia style. Only a picky observer may notice that the form of anterior and rear optics has changed - headlights with plastic diffusers have a modern form of quadrangles with a bevelled face. By the way, headlights on
 
Superb is not just xenon, but are made according to the corporate technology Audi - they are equally operating in the mode of near and far light. The rear diffusers practically repeat the design of Octavia, only a little differently located white strips of the rear light. The rest of the design of Superb is still conservative, but Elegant enough. This is the undoubted plus of the car - he will not attract indiscreet views, but will not look like a white crow in the parking lot near a solid office.
 
Nevertheless, it was not possible to get lost in the urban time: oncoming drivers accompanied us attentive views. The reason clarified the Major traffic police, who stopped us on the garden ring. The modest officer turned out to be the owner of Skoda Octavia and immediately noticed that the incomprehensible car without numbers is much more than his swallow. Indeed, the base Superb is 2805 mm - this is one of the highest rates among cars in class D.
 
Hotel Four Star. Together with the inquisitive major, we moved to the Superb salon and began to compare. The main impression can be described by the phrase moderate chic. Inside the Classic configuration car does not induce the presence of prestigious finishing materials - fabric cabin, the front panel and the upholstery of the doors are made of plastic, however, decorated in some places of the skin. Like a steering wheel that seemed thin. But all the details are adjacent to scrupulously, and they do not make impressions of the cheap Eastern Shirpotreb. Owner Octavia immediately noted that the stylistic solutions of the front of the cabin changed for the better: following the example of the AUDI, the central panel is organically proceeds to the central console. And that is nice, in Superb is not so closely legs, and the numerous owners of A6 are often complaining of.
The lack of skin and wooden panels fasten a very good serial configuration. In our case, there was only no electrical adjustment of the front seats. Everything else was found on the standard VW places for the concern: electric windows, stereomagnetola, on-board computer, climate installation and even two refrigerators for drinks. One - in the glove compartment, the other - in the armrest.
 
Rear passengers are not forgotten. For them, a separate air conditioning remote control and a central armrest with cup holders are provided. The armrest was even a hatch for the carriage of long items with a cover, like on expensive cars. But the back of the seat, alas, does not make up. For the sake of the sake of the sake, we note that in other, more expensive versions there are eurows under the nut, and leather seats with an electric drive.
BRAINSTORM. On our Octavia was installed engine V6 of 2.8 liters. The same as installed on the Volkswagen Passat. This is already a guarantee that he departs at least 250 thousand kilometers. If only the control unit of the Czech production control unit was not installed on it: the descendants of the brave soldier Schweika namudrili with the firmware - on Octavia with German engines it is sometimes buggy.
With this motor, SuperB is traveling simply amazing: 193 hp On one and a half tons of own weight - it is even a bit. Overclocking dynamics and sensations experienced quite comparable with a ride on Audi or BMW. But the gearbox seems to inherit from Octavia one is not very pleasant. The autopilot has already complained that on Skoda, the course of the CAT handle is always a bit long, and Superb is no exception - to switch the transfer with one finger it does not work. But the first and second transmission is sufficiently long and require a minimum switching in the maximum of overclocking.
 
Judging by the fact that the onboard computer communicated with us in Czech, we got the car from the domestic market, not yet adapted to the Russian all-building. Despite this, the suspension behaved very adequately. The tramways and other minor troubles, she swallowed a fly, and only on a very shaped asphalt on the body drove a shiver. From nerves, probably. Very liked the work of an electronic system for stabilizing the DSC stabilization system. She intervened in the process of driving the car extremely rarely and did not tweak his yellow eye at the time of any sharp start from the place, as it happens on the editorial BMW 530.
 
Those who are not satisfied with the regular radio can order a car with audio preparation. It includes 8 speakers and antenna. But such buyers are unlikely to find - Skoda offers to choose from 3 systems: simple cassette and more advanced Symphony and Rhapsody audio systems with the ability to connect CD changer in the trunk
Envy is not a vice. At the beginning of the article, we have not discussed our officials to pay attention to Superb. The autopilot dough visited the car powerful, but not in the richest configuration. For the most picky buyers there is a huge list of additional options, as an adult business class car. For example, the central part of the back of the front passenger can be thrown back, freeing the place for the feet of the rear VIP creek. And the front armchair itself can be moved forward-back from the remote located on the rear sofa armrest.
In the list of additional options, we also found electrically regulating seats with memory, a stereo with a duplicate control on the steering wheel and even an automatic curtain on the rear window. A complete impression of this car can be described in one word - envy! I envisteous that the Czech Slavs brothers were able to raise their auto industry. Let not alone, let the large family, but were able. And they cost without prohibitive duties.
Those first Superb were done on the old factory in the city of Quashina. Now in its place built new modern production with a capacity of 35 thousand cars per year. Whether they will afford the time and how successfully the first part of the plan to save the domestic automotive industry will be implemented.
Model / Modification Skoda Superb
Manufacturer / Country Skoda AUTO A.S./chokhia
BODY
Sedan type
Number of doors / seats 4/5
ENGINE
Type gasoline with electronic injection
Location in front, transversely
Working volume (cubic. Cm) 2771
Number / Location 6 Cylinders / V-Fig
Power, kW (hp) with rpm. / Min. 142 (193) at 6000
Moment (nm at rpm. / Min.) 280 at 3200
TRANSMISSION
Drive front
Gearbox mechanical, 5-speed
SUSPENSION
Front / Rear Independent McPherson type, transverse stability stabilizer / independent, multi-dimensional, transverse stability stabilizer
STEERING
Gear Rake Type with Hydrauscitel
Min. The diameter of the reversal (M) 11.8
Torkemose
Front / rear disc ventilated / disk
\u003e ABS 4-channel, with DSC system
Sizes / Volume / Weight
Length / width / height (mm) 4805/1765/1470
Wheel base (mm) 2805
Mass Curb (kg) 1500
Tires / discs 205/55 R16 / 7J
Dynamic characteristics
Maximum speed (km / h) 237
Acceleration up to 100 km / h (sec.) 8.0
Economy
Fuel consumption (city / highway, l / 100 km) 14.3 / 7.3
Price in Moscow from $ 27 thousand

 

Source: "Autopilot"