2024's best car? Skoda Superb (diesel!) UK review

[@sevesellors2831]

Great car but any car over £40,000 is off my list don’t like the luxury tax on top of VAT and all the other taxes just fed up being ripped off. Good review as always.

[@onslimited]

I purchased one of these about 6 weeks ago. It now has 9.5k klm . I have the diesel L&K version with all the extras available. In Ireland it's €67,500 . The Canton sound is great! I getting on average 1300km per tank. My previous Superb L&K MK3 I drove it for 408,000km.. no major issues!

[@fidesvani]

67000 ? 😮 utterly crazy

[@MrCoonass1111]

My whip's got the same trim level but Canton sounds very poor. I have checked in several forums but still sounds blunt. Do you happen to have a "secret" setting?

[@johntaylor5968]

The best is the petrol engined Yeti , amply quick enough, 47 mpg average , ours has done 170 k miles, never a problem. Best bargain ever.

[@murdocampbell4858]

Hello ty knoflík. Brilliant review as always. This is the second-best channel on KZbin. Best one is your bike channel. Cheerio ty knoflik.

[@ST-ur7oh]

Brilliant review Love the way you’re not bothered about camera antics Wish they had moon white in it though

[@robertshears8385]

I agree about the armrest, love having an adjustable one in my Octavia. Only other gripe I have of the Superb is it's too long for me, I don't need all that space. Skoda are making good cars.

[@heinrichberg2998]

Cheers! I have been using the Skoda Superb diesel 4x4 selection version for half a year. This is my company car. The car is roomy, there is enought power, the steering is neutral. The seats are massaged. In short, nothing special. However, there are more problematic things than normal ones, and these abnormalities make driving a car very stressful. First of all, the car is full of all kinds of "driving aids", which is probably normal in countries where the infrastructure supports these aids, but in our country there is no corresponding infrastructure and driver aids are completely pointless. Unfortunately, the dealer says they can't be turned off completely and that means you have to do pointless things at the start of every ride. European Union laws. Complete Brussels sprouts. The car screams at everything: the car engine is running, I am out of the car with the key, the car keeps screaming that the key is not in the car! So what! There is no driver! I understand that the car would warn if the driver is in the car but there is no key. Exit warning!? Who needs it? Only an idiot doesn't check when exiting to see if anyone else is driving somewhere or not. Is this car made for idiots? I often drive a trailer. In this case, when stopped, there is a warning that exit assist does not work, trailer detected?!? Who needs that kind of shit? When reversing with a trailer, it is often necessary to maneuver extremely precisely, centimeter by centimeter. The mirrors are spherical, the image is deceiving, I would like to open the door and take a closer look, but what does the car do - it turns off the gear and applies the brakes! The car's sensors are so poor that they react to all kinds of meaningless shadows and the car brakes on all kinds of things and in very illogical places. The cruise control is especially bad. Often brakes in completely illogical places, why, I don't know? Autumn has a lot of problems with the camera because the glass is foggy on the inside and the early morning flurry of yellow lights on the dashboard is common. I don't know what will happen in the winter. Is it even possible to drive this car in winter? Management ergonomics. The buttons on the steering wheel would be like 20 years ago: radio volume, radio stations, steering wheel heating, some pointless menus on the screen. Everything. There is nothing more, even for the cruise control there is a lever behind to the steering wheel, like on cheap French cars two or thirty years ago. The "gear stick" turns on "drive" or "sport" as it likes... The screen behind the steering wheel does not belong to this car at all, the car is not cheap, but the screen is as if taken from the cheapest car. Neither phone list nor navigation can be displayed there. Also, the screen is small, the active area is very small and it is also full of nonsense. I need to use the phone quite often, it's still very inconvenient, everything is on the central screen, but you should keep your eyes on the road! High beams are powerful, all treetops are illuminated. I don't know why it is necessary to illuminate the tree tops, maybe it has something to do with protecting nature? Automatic low beams are cheap, with large matrices, as if they were produced several decades ago. Half a liter of oil had to be added to the engine when the car had a mileage of 7500 km! On a new car! Yes, the fuel consumption is relatively low for such a car, but it seems that engine oil is also burned to move forward... When the drive gets really stressful, I turn on the massage… Saada tagasisidet

[@nemos9856]

well u need to buy an old car then all new cars have these shitty things or mby cheaper version

[@paulwardzynski3265]

Good stuff again. Lovely big car; a true family workhorse. The blue option you mention is the colour you get when you inherit your (upgraded) company car from a colleague who has left the company and you're stuck with it for the remainder of the lease. The test car colour, however, is better (but only just).

[@MyRealName]

Big diesel wagon that happens to be nice inside and traditionally reliable. Best car in the world? Hard to disagree if being sensible is the main criterion.

[@lewisbrown51]

Taxed off the road in a few years??? Due to being diesel

[@MyRealName]

@@lewisbrown51 Diesels will be around for another 10 years minimum.. And those that have been produced won't just be scrapped if the new diesels stop being produced.

[@lewisbrown51]

@@MyRealName I didn't say they wouldn't be around or would be scrapped... I said they'd be taxed off the road (i.e. tax will be raised to an unviable level for most), which I think they will....

[@deganellis]

Will be interested to see the sportline model when it lands in Australia at some point next year. Hopefully this new one's a success so I'll get an even better deal on a current model! Great review Tim! 👍

[@uosuv]

With the mk4 released, I think the second hand mk3 now is really good value, espically ones with £20/35 pound tax yet still euro6 compliant, the superb just MAKES SENSE

[@Brian-om2hh]

As good as it undoubtedly is, the Superb is a large car. My neighbour - who bought his new Superb 4 years ago - has very recently chopped it in for a new Skoda Scala. In fact he bought 2 Scalas, as his wife chose one too. He was increasingly finding that parking spaces large enough to accommodate the Superb seemed to be decreasing in size....

[@gefthetalkingmongoose]

Not enough reviewers include the Ferret Test

[@brianiswrong]

I understand Tim's local MP is going to pass a private members bill to have a Ferret recognised as a legal measurement in the uk.

[@nathanpetrovski7525]

I wish they would bring the diesel version back to Australia. I love diesel cars.

[@mrbcc]

The armrest in the back is adjustable, just pull it forwards.

[@abrahamgeorge4994]

Great review Tim - totally agree about how ridiculous VW are not to offer any diesels in the new Passat. I have a 2019 Passat AllTrack with the 193bhp diesel engine and four wheel drive and it’s a brilliant car for long journeys and fully loaded with passengers and luggage. So why are VW UK not offering it in the UK as compared to the Continent? If I change cars it will definitely be the Skoda equivalent .

[@Concreto1984]

"I'm pitching a different sort of tent now" LMAO.

[@johnhaynes9910]

Check Knob ? Love estates when I had a young family, just cannot understand the SUV thing and yes, if you do lots of miles, it has to be diesel :)

[@elta6241]

Can’t understand SUVs either. Oversized junk with not much space on the inside. I always have a quiet swear when one squeezes past along a narrow road.

[@lupislune]

Excellent as always. I need a few cows though.

[@TimRodieDrivesStuff]

Don't we all

[@naferemix]

Parker! 🚀

[@SweyneForkbeard]

Why doesn't the digital instrument cluster fit inside the cowling. Looks like it was nailed on as an after thought. I love my Skoda Superb but that dash and lack of adjustable centre armrest would make me think carefully about buying this new model.

[@brianiswrong]

The digital dash does look like it was just fixed across a " normal" anolog dash, doesn't it.

[@stokeparker6653]

Skoda have got a bit carried away with the prices of the mk iv, and you can get mk iii L & K estate diesel 190 bhp with less than 1 year old with only a few thousand k on the clock for £34, 000. So my question would be can the mk iv possibly be good enough to justify spending that much extra?

[@Ruscher88]

I consider the Kodiaq just because of the armrest and the sunglass compartment. But the ride quality should be better in the superb, the SportLine looks more crisp aswell. Launched last week.

[@AdAstra78]

By 'ferrets', one assumes you're not referring to the chutney variety.

[@lovingthed2446]

Just bought one. Needed a new car, could only afford the 'basic' se technology. I wanted better, but obviously cost is pretty important. However, I've just traded in my 2016 JAGUAR XF, which I'd had since new, it's got everything I could ever even think of. I do wish I had cooled seats mind.

[@appstratum9747]

Love the car. Hate the centre console box cover. The adjustable one on my old Skoda Octavia is way better and WAY more useful (and comfortable). I don't believe for one minute that such a backwards step was preferred in customer workshops (if they ever happened).

[@bloitus]

Superb review 😅

[@Glassey12]

Let's hope someone at Volkswagen UK views this... No diesel Passat estate offered in GB or IR is most odd.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Quite a number of car makers are moving away from diesel now.....

[@markscars1069]

Hmm that’s actually quite an attractive proposition in 265hp guise.

[@TheWynne71]

Ferrets. A well known, if underused, metric of measurement.

[@RoscoeColtrane]

La vraie question est de savoir combien de furets vivent dans un pantalon.

[@MIKECanal]

Superb

[@craigmcdowall2989]

Looking at getting this to replace my BMW 520d Touring (2019). Worried that it might be less refined / slower?

[@aye3678]

Better than the VW offering imo.

[@dzintarsdandens2292]

It is shame that D segment with diesels are shrinking in offers. Vw and skoda only left.

[@Trewpr-bn6ry]

Tim, I'm 6'9, so whenever I drive the family I hear bitter complaints from whoever is unfortunate enough to be behind me. How does rear seat legroom compare between this and the A6 with the drivers seat fully back?

[@bazurful]

Aight, Tim called me a perv! Finally! #Youknob? ;D

[@markthacker9387]

I would not touch a new diesel , up until 2012 Skoda diesel engines where superb, brought a band new 2016 superb, what a nightmare, water pumps 3 of them drinking oil, my car was fully serviced by Skoda it did 133000 miles and it was done, my older superb elegance, 2009 is still on the road 245000 miles and still going strong, just brought a brand new Skoda Octavia sport line 1.5 tsi e- tec 65 to the gallon , fantastic engine, do not go down the diesel root too many , emissions malarkey on them, engine running way to hot to burn off tail pipe , particulates the engines are eating themselves, not good to put it back through the engine on regeneration cycle.

[@johnwhite5318]

Just wondering if this 2.0 Diesel beats the 1.5 petrol PHEV version in terms of longer drives / fuel economy?

[@TimRodieDrivesStuff]

I’ve not driven the PHEV yet, but I’ve heard the diesel gets about 15-20mpg more on a long run

[@javigy]

I have a different question: is there a reason why you did not use ND and PL filters for shooting this video?

[@timrodierides]

I did

[@alechopkins6545]

Superb car Them knobs, that's technology done right These a/c knobs go to 11

[@123HIP]

Wonder how much it would be second hand after one year think it would be a bargain no vat.

[@Birmingham_racing]

The superb actually is superb

[@madanto2394]

The back end looks like a Vauxhall Insignia also it not available with a v6 tdi so thats a Con.

[@alyndorobantu]

a bit expensive. Is this or a BMW 3 series touring.. 🤔🤔

[@nstarmore]

Can't buy a diesel 3 series anymore

[@nealthomas5346]

Can't really compare those on bootspace though.

[@RoscoeColtrane]

The prices of diesels are high because the car companies need to foot the bill for disposing of all the lithium batteries from their electric cars.

[@beamlt3813]

It's a shame there's no manual option. Auto only whether you like it or not 🤬🤬🤬 It's sad that manual options are dwindling - limited choice is one of the many problems of today's car models. In general, they are crap - too expensive, too complicated, technology that looks good on paper but will drive you up the wall, spoiled by excessive driving aids and emissions regulations, often overstyled, declining build quality, etc etc. This new Superb is one of the better options for a new car, though. Looks nice, doesn't have everything buried into a touchscreen, and it's not a bloody crossover. Still, it's expensive for a Skoda, and you have to put up with an auto even if you don't want to.

[@nstarmore]

I was moaning about this the other day, I'm fairly sure the only diesel manual estate you can buy now in the UK is a Golf, you can't even buy a diesel 3 series anymore in any flavour, what wonderful tikes we live in 🙄

[@Watchmeifyoucan]

please stop nagging the non-adjustable armrest in the middle... you will have problem with me if this will be back to SKODA again... I had almost all generations of superb since 2003 and I am glad that finally they put a fix armrest, which by the way for me is a perfect match, much like in a 3 series BMW, okay there they still have a shifting knob which is ergonomically designed... so it was a long waited feature by me who drives around 35.000 miles per annum... not mentioning that adjustable version in the 1st generation was always getting broken after 10 years of use...

[@simondavison7482]

The new superb is full of software faults . I picked my superb up on Friday and returned it on the Monday where it has been for the past 10 weeks waiting for Skoda CZ to sort out the problems

[@glengarryglenross7127]

still 2024 here

[@artpan4376]

Why, just why it got longer? Now it won't fit in garages build in last century.;-))

[@Eryrwen]

Am I the only person in the world who doesn't want an iPad welded to my dashboard?

[@TimRodieDrivesStuff]

Judging by how often I read that exact phrase, no

[@gyorgyzoltan7007]

Every car this size and not only MUST be Diesel. Estates are for people who have absolutly no taste in cars. A sedan is the choise for normal people!!

[@PR-cj8pd]

Normal people? You're a snob, not a normal person.

[@Brian-om2hh]

No car makers sell sedans here in the UK.

[@florinconstantin1996]

will the diesel engines die in the next 10years?

[@DontPanicDear]

It was great to hear about the throttle mapping 🤓 Lovely car and a rare 10/10 😮 My GF only managed to live with Škoda EMERGENCY (not emergency) stops for a few months, as we have a hedge 🙄 Don’t have a hedge! Jsi knoflík 😂 Edit : There’s a chap with the same name as you that waffles amusingly and rides motorbikes, so I’m off to watch that now. Such a coincidence! kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4G1i6B7gch5fNUsi=hnkdZ8o0iWVuGHfO

[@RoscoeColtrane]

Oui oui oui, C'est Superbe! mais je n'aime pas la peinture verte.