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Skoda Superb test drive: business tool

Skoda Superb has grown a little: now its length is 4838 mm, width 1817. Due to the increase in the dimensions, the changes affected not only the appearance of the car, but also its internal space.
The new Skoda Superb sedan, whose world premiere took place at the International Motorshow in Geneva 2008, became a continuation of the traditions that designers and designers laid it 75 years ago, when the first Superb class of the luxury class saw light in 1934. Then Superb was a real premium class.
Back in the 20s of the last century, Skoda made an attempt to break out of the premium brands and established the production of limousines. But the fierce financial crisis forced the company to switch to the production of small -leafers, and the war and the starting post -war socialist times put a cross on the luxury developments of the Skoda brand. I had to wait a long time until 2001, when the Superb name was revived.
For eight years of existence, the first Superb modernity managed to win many automobile awards and recognition of the European public. A long wheelbase and, as a result, a spacious interior made Skoda Superb with an excellent corporate tool. The new Superb is designed to increase the regalia won by his predecessor.
Translated from English, the word Superb means magnificent, luxurious, noble. The new flagship of the Czech brand primarily emphasizes the already established old and strengthens the new perception of the Skoda brand.
Skoda Superb has grown a little: now its length is 4838 mm, width 1817. Due to the increase in the dimensions, the changes affected not only the appearance of the car, but also its internal space.
The front part with the branded grille of the radiator unmistakably gives out the belonging of this large sedan to the Czech roots. The formidable look of a completely new head optics and the front bumper emphasize the prestige and respectability of the flagship Skoda.
A little clumsy view in the profile is due to the desire to make the interior space as spacious as possible, as well as the cunning mechanism of the fifth door, which we will talk about a little later.
Calm and conservative, but at the same time solid appearance of the new Superb is the second step of Skoda (the first was made in 2001, when the first Superb appeared) on the way to those distant premium traditions of the automaker.
Despite the fact that the total Superb length only slightly exceeds the length of the previous generation model, due to the transverse location of the engine and moving the gearbox, the new Superb salon was increased in almost all parameters.
Inside, you can’t give up the quality of finishing materials. Of course, Skoda is not Mercedes and BMW luxury models, but Superb puts all other competitors in the business class on shoulder blades. High -quality plastic, pleasant skin, all internal elements are fitted without a single gap, and all hard panels are successfully made up under the expensive textured plastic.
The front seats with a good profile hospitably take the bodies of passengers in their arms, and a large number of electrical regulations will easily help find a convenient position behind the wheel. On the central console there is an optional columbus navigation system and a new climate control unit, one to one as on the new Volkswagen Passat CC. Suiting in Superb, finding the differences from related VW models is not at all easy. It is gratifying that gradually Skoda models get rid of the stigma of the cheap division of the German concern and often surpass their relatives from VW.
  
Places in the back row are no less than in the representative class in the new superb, the legs space were increased by 19 mm. A person’s actually a person will take off without any problems, of course, with the exception of the record holders of the Guinness Book. For the legs, small ottoman ottives are kindly prepared, and an umbrella lurked in the bowels of the rear left door. A trifle, but nice! I caught myself thinking that Skoda Superb is the car that I wanted to talk about from the point of view of the rear passenger. A well -defiled rear sofa, a convenient armrest with cup holders what else is needed to comfortably overcome the distance from the office to the house after a hard working day.
But Superb is not only a spacious sedan, he also has impressive sizes of the trunk, the volume of which is 565 liters. If you fold the rear sofa, the cargo space will easily increase to 1670 liters. Now about the main attraction of the new Skoda Superb patented system opening the Twindoor luggage compartment. In normal mode, the trunk opens like all standard sedans. But it is worth pressing a special key on the trunk lid, and, lo and lo, it rises already with the glass, while the opening increases almost twice. It is very convenient when transporting a bulky cargo.
Skoda Superb is supplied to the Russian market with two gasoline engines of 1.8 and 3.6 liters, as well as with a 2.0-liter turbodiesel.
A 1.8-liter TSI motor with direct injection and turbocharged capacity of 160 hp. Already well familiar to us from Skoda Octavia, as well as on some models of the Volkswagen concern. The top 3.6-liter V6 FSI engine produces 260 hp. and 350 Nm of torque, which is achieved in a wide range from 2500 to 5000 rpm. The most powerful Superb is equipped with only a 6-speed DSG transmission and a full-wheel drive system, which is based on the 4th generation Haldex.
Since the 1.8 TSI engine has already appeared in the recent Octavia test, and the price of the top Superb 3.6 came close to 1.7 million rubles, we decided to take the diesel modification of the flagship of the Czech brand. So, the power of a 2.0-liter diesel engine with a direct fuel injection system is 170 hp, the torque reaches 350 nm (at 1750,2200 rpm). The diesel superb accelerates to magic 222 km/h, and the first hundred is achieved in 8.8 seconds. The test car was equipped with a six -speed DSG gearbox. Good indicators for considerable external sizes. Diesel engine and DSG Great couple! With such a tandem, Skoda Superb can be a imposing sedan and a dynamic hatchback (do not forget about Twindoor). In this case, fuel consumption rarely rose above 10 liters by 100 paths, and outside the city, the route computer showed 5.5 liters completely. The economy should be economical!
As for handling, Superb did not present any surprises. The priority goal is comfort, which is enough here. Stability on the straight line is accompanied by a small transverse tag. In the steering wheel, already familiar notes of behavior Volkswagen Passat and Skoda Octavia are traced. And this is not surprising: the Superb chassis is nothing more than a symbiosis of the main nodes of these models. The steering wheel is nearly not enough informativeness, which, however, is excusable for an almost 5-meter sedan. Otherwise, excellent sound insulation, comfortable suspension settings. Superb is definitely a car for passengers, which does not detract from its sled virtues.
When this material was almost ready, it suddenly turned out that the supply of diesel superb to Russia was over. During the call of several official dealers and Russian the representative office of the brand managed to find out that the termination of supply was caused by quite reasonable reasons. The first of them is the beginning of the production of Skoda Superb in a 1.8-liter gasoline engine at the Volkswagen plant in Kaluga. The second notorious crisis. And finally, the third small demand for diesel modifications in Russia. As a result, the imports of diesel Skoda Superb are still inappropriate. And it’s a pity, because it is the Superb diesel is an excellent business tool that combines a spacious salon, a solid appearance, good sled characteristics, efficiency and competitive price. By the way, at the time of writing, the seven official Skoda dealers found only one diesel Superb. Not having time to say hello, with the hope of a meeting in the future, we tell a diesel superbly goodbye!
Ruslan Galimov
 
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Spacious and salon
Competitive price
High -quality interior decoration
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Cessation of diesel modification supply
An insufficiently informative steering wheel
 
  
The price of the tested car is 1 189,000 rubles
     
 

Source: Carclub.ru