2016 Skoda Superb Wagon Review
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Czech carmaker Skoda is generally regarded at one of Volkswagen’s cut-price brands, but just one glance at the latest Skoda Superb wagon turns that notion on its head.
The Superb is a ludicrously large family wagon that also offers an exhaustive list of features and creature comforts, a four-cylinder turbo engine from one of the world’s most celebrated hot hatches, while looking genuinely sporty from any angle.
It’s a tough ask for any manufacturer, even prestige brands and to do so means Skoda has, what I consider, a best-in-class effort on its hands.
If you thought our 206TSI wagon looked big on the outside, cabin and boot space will leave you gobsmacked. The previous generation was hardly lacking in this department, but this latest iteration is bigger in almost every dimension. Rear-seat legroom boarders on limo spec, while boot space grows by 60 litres to an impressive 660 for the wagon (625 for the sedan).
Folding the rear seats frees up a staggering 1950 litres of load space in the wagon and 1760 litres for the sedan. Either way, this is considerably more space than the current Mercedes-Benz E-Class Wagon (1625 litres) and still more than you’ll find in many large SUVs.
And as we’ve come to expect from this brand, the Superb comes loaded with everything but the kitchen sink. It’s just one of several areas where this car continues to offer outstanding bang for buck.
It’s simply impossible to list every standard feature on the Superb -the list is far too extensive, but highlights include 19-inch multi-spoke alloy wheels shod with premium Pirelli rubber; heated front seats; privacy glass; 8.0-inch touchscreen with satellite navigation and Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, which automatically connects with your iPhone in mere seconds, once you connect the Lightning cable.
You also get a high-definition reversing camera with front and rear parking sensors; adaptive cruise control; three-zone climate control; nine airbags and conveniently-stored umbrellas hidden inside both front doors - just like a Rolls-Royce.
Our 206TSI was also fitted with the $3400 Tech Pack, which adds a full suite of active safety aids and convenience features such as Automatic parking assist; Lane assist; Side assist - Blind spot detection, Rear traffic alert, Traffic jam assist; Emergency assist, Adaptive chassis control, Virtual hands-free tailgate and 12-speaker Canton sound system.
It’s an awful lot of kit, but the top-shelf Superb also includes the Image Pack as part of its standard inventory, which incorporates keyless entry and start; ambient lighting (dash and all four doors); drive mode selection with steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters and sports suspension, which lowers the ride height by 15mm - for a noticeably sportier stance than its less powerful siblings.
Despite the de-tuning and significant extra heft of the Skoda over its Golf R engine donor (1685kg versus 1495kg respectively) the Superb wagon can still cover off the 0-100km/h dash in just 5.8 seconds - 1.4 seconds faster than the $46,490 Golf GTI Performance with DSG. Top speed is 250km/h.
Trying to find real fault with the latest Skoda Superb 206 TSI 4x4 DSG Wagon is tantamount to nitpickicking.
It’s a large, stylish estate with as much rear legroom as a prestige limousine and even more cargo space. The list of features and creature comforts on board is exhaustive, while under the bonnet is a turbocharged four-cylinder engine from one of the world’s most celebrated hot hatches.
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Пікірлер: 97
I have the 2013 Superb wagon and it's, well...superb. Pricey to maintain though and some electrical gremlins from time to time but none of them deal-breakers. I purchased it new with a 3-4 year expectation and sorry to say it, I won't be stumping up for the new one for one very simple reason. I love the one I have. Highly recommended.
@paracetamol661
3 жыл бұрын
Pricey? What was your previous car?
That's a really nice car, a lot of practicality and it looks nice too! Well done Skoda
Good review, bought one, super car. Very happy with it so far. Power house with space.
@nidaalabdulaziz
3 жыл бұрын
How’s it going now?
Awesome car to drive. I have the hatchback 2lt diesel SE L model, and great for doing long distance driving. 😊
I wish skoda was offered in america
@petkoharry8885
7 жыл бұрын
Skoda Auto is thinking about exporting to the US, and possibly going to happen during this one or the next year.
Very nice, thanks for the review.
Best review Iv'e ever seen! :)
@sourwords1808
8 жыл бұрын
really? woooow
I've got a superb myself and it's great
@richiesworld1
3 жыл бұрын
Would you say it's Superb? 🤷🏾♂️
Very nice car. Greetings from Croatia.. 31-01-2017
Saw one of these cars for the first time, parked outside my house today. A real eye catcher. I have a 2016 Subaru Outback (love) but if I were in the market, I'd be eyeballing the 206 wagon. If they were under 50k (drive away), I'd be tempted to go car shopping.
wow, what a great car
I'm buying this
this guy is in pretty good shape...
Perfect car.
@denisvida4419
7 жыл бұрын
RandomTechS@#T agree
Nice car👍
Nice schoulders :)
How does the legroom in the back of this thing compare to the Volkswagen Passat?
@icemanbuchanon7728
3 жыл бұрын
..its bigger than Passat stationcar and the Mercedes E Stationcar
@icemanbuchanon7728
3 жыл бұрын
..and its build on the Audi A6 platform....!
Nice car Good performance. Does it run on regular gasoline, or is premium fuel required?
@Mububban23
10 ай бұрын
With the turbo it'd be 95RON minimum
+CarAdvice.com.au Why do you guys have music in the background? If we wanted to listen to music, we would go to a music channel. Everyone here is into the car - not the music. Please cut the music.
Take my money.
no way man, 12.7L per 100k？That was way too much for a 2L turbo! Even my 2014 sv6 commodore wagon got around 11 under city driving condition and i drive it pretty violently after work!
@patrickhernandez9529
2 жыл бұрын
I owned a VF SV6 wagon and there’s no way it was achieving around 11 with city driving. I averaged 12-13 in suburbia.
Can We See A Review Of The New Mitsubishi Triton GLS+ If They've Realeased It Yet...I Heard It's Good Even Though The Exceed Is Top Spec.My Uncle Has A GLX Triton and be had to get a new leather steering wheel because the leather all broke off.But appart from that he's loved it.Were talking Australia here.Also REDUCE the price on the exceed my uncle paid nearly $40,000 dollars for his and I think the exceed is nearly $60,000
@TheTransporter750
7 жыл бұрын
Benjamin Tresham
well done Skoda! Shame it's so expensive!
@Mububban23
8 жыл бұрын
+Australia Yeah it sucks that we don't get the comparatively lower pricing like they do in Europe :-(
@AoyagiAichou
8 жыл бұрын
+Mububban23 It costs about the same as it does in the Czech Republic.
@sugarnads
8 жыл бұрын
+Mububban23 have mercy. How much is an A4 quattro? Same engine same awd same platform...same damned dsg
@lovacable
5 жыл бұрын
The Mongoose Superb should be compared with Audi A6 or bmw 5. It’s class up from a4 or 3 series
@nordskov55
3 жыл бұрын
@@lovacable bought myself a 6 month 2017 vane from. 2.0 tfsi A4 from 11 the superb is leagues ahead. Really love this car ✌️😁
Fark. Shane Warne has aged.
How dare Skoda make the superb better than the Passat!!!
It doesn't have permanent 4x4
So it's a rebadged VW Passat? Not that it's a bad thing.
@davidschle.180
8 жыл бұрын
It shares the same modular platform (assembled differently thats why it is called modular) and engine manufacturer as Passat and all concern cars. It isn't uncommon even for cars with completely different manufacturers from 2 different continents to share a platform and a same engine manufacturer.
@OtisAdonisChad
5 жыл бұрын
VW MQB
Holden commodore SS V wagon 6 speed manual is the ultimate D4D W460N with ample boot space and size not to mention power and a roaring engine RIP Too bad clutch shifting will soon be extinct and replaced with tiptronic 🤦🏽♂️ The future is becoming more and more computerised with technology evolving continuously where soon we will rely on a computer to drive our cars rather than ourselves. Me personally I don't trust any one let alone a computer to drive for me.
Skoder.... h-what?!
Why it is so expensive in Australia LOL😂😂
@1969cmp
8 жыл бұрын
€40k plus in Europe and factor in exchange rate and the cost of carting the sucker accross the planet, and that seems to be about right. Pretty much the same reason why the Subaru Liberty seems expensive in Europe, the freight.
@MadAlbo
8 жыл бұрын
LOL theres no Subaru Liberty in Europe
@1969cmp
8 жыл бұрын
+BigHomieIllyrianChopper Liberty/Legacy and if you want a Liberty with higher ground clearance, it is called the Outback which is why the first Outback was referred to as the 'Liberty Outback'. So Outback, Liberty, Legacy, same thing and the Outback is in the UK at least.
@spikechurchill7478
7 жыл бұрын
Its a Legacy in Europe, only in Australia is it called the Liberty
@Bokoese24
7 жыл бұрын
Same in New Zealand Subaru Legacy
12.7L/100km is horrible for a 2.0 turbo petrol. I get 12.4L/100km in a 2004 Accord V6 doing city driving only.
@WDKNGBigDips
8 жыл бұрын
+myvolvoforlife 3 seconds quicker 0-100 (or more practically speaking, substantially more performance everywhere in the rev range) for 0.3L/100km more fuel? seems like a fair trade off.
@myvolvoforlife
8 жыл бұрын
Dipra Bhattacharjee my little old Honda isn't that slow, more like 2 seconds slower to 100 than the Skoda :) I agree that the 2.0TSI will provide more performance and fun in daily driving and yes I wouldn't mind paying for the extra fuel useage, but with this whole concept of downsizing, I would have expected better fuel economy.
@WDKNGBigDips
8 жыл бұрын
fair point actually. I suppose caradvice's fuel use figure reflects that they probably drove the car pretty hard at times, and probably isnt exactly line ball with day-to-day city driving
@davidschle.180
8 жыл бұрын
There was a 2016 test of some 4x4 passat and skoda 2.0 LK where reviewers rode the cars several hundreds of kms to Croatia and results for cars were 6.5 and 6.4/100km
@histriamagna1014
7 жыл бұрын
My friend owns one. He is super satisfied. And he is an ex Audi A6 owner... And by the way he does 100km with about 9 to 10 litres.
Watch out Rolls Royce, the CZech Republicans are on their way and fast. LOL
So it won't connect to my Android phone? Dick,.....
@alechappy2070
7 жыл бұрын
Yes it does and Apple as well either by Bluetooth or tether or for streaming you can have a local VPN in vehicle. Movies TV and a HDD of 64GB also. Music can be stored on a large SD card. I have the diesel and return 20klm/ liter at 110km /hour. It continues to surprise me and the badge snobs who get a reminder that they paid too much. . Skoda - simply astounding. Go drive one, you will get out with a smile and new respect
Youd have to be insane to spend $60k+ on a skoda
@Drivecomau
8 жыл бұрын
+App Cheating - Top spec wagon lists at $52,690
@DylanAndo
8 жыл бұрын
+CarAdvice.com.au on carsales they go up to $70k
@sourwords1808
8 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. Thankfully most Australians have common sense and dont see many of these old or new on our roads.
@1969cmp
8 жыл бұрын
That Skoda is pretty much a better option than many of the other European brands. And basically it is a Passat with Audi bits and pieces and engineering quality.
@dougdellit
8 жыл бұрын
This is one seriously great car with an excellent build quality. They rate these very highly in Europe (I lived there last year), easily as good as VW build quality. For $60k this car blows away all competitors! I'm going to order one :).
The music is so unnecessary!
Yeah, but you forgot to mention all the cheap interior and other corner-cutting. And the fact that the car has no soul :P
@skywalknotpossible
8 жыл бұрын
+AoyagiAichou You have apparently never owned nor driven one. Please enlighten us what car has a soul by your opinion? (the same or very similar category and pricing)
@AoyagiAichou
8 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, "apparently" I have no experience with every Skoda in existence despite the fact that I live in the Czech Republic. Perhaps it is you whose only experience is what they get from Skoda's marketing and reviews with barely any critique like this one? It certainly sounds like it. If I wanted to buy a cheaply built large family car, I'd go for Avensis, because while the interior fells just as cheap, it's ACTUALLY solidly built and probably won't start rattling in 2-3 years, not to mention the car is infinitely more reliable than anything VAG can come up with (largely due to the fact that is has almost nothing in it, but that's another thing). If I wanted a comfy large family car that doesn't feel as cheap as Superb or Avensis, I'd go for Citroen C5. But sure, if your only criteria is "perceived value for money when the car is new and has no options in it" and/or "space", Superb is probably the best bet (if you keep telling yourself (or don't mind) that Skoda isn't the corner-cut brand of VAG).
@wassupMannn
8 жыл бұрын
+AoyagiAichou so is writing a bullshit on Australian car reviews your hobby or what? you're from Czech Republic and yet still know absolutely shit about this car... V konečnym důsledku stejně jezdíš shnilou Felicií ty pablbe. Není ničí vina, že máš slabost pro francouzský, designově naprosto nevkusný auta.
@AoyagiAichou
8 жыл бұрын
+wassupMannn Mate, you have no idea what car(s) I drive. Just a hint: they're not European. I know! It's totally unfathomable for someone who feels the need to rush in to defend their national pride without making a single substantial argument. Come up with one if you feel the need to defend this polished turd, or be ignored and forgotten.
@eggbirdtherooster
8 жыл бұрын
A Citroën C5.. Whahahaha yeah right. Clearly you know nothing about cars !! Skoda is known for bang for your bug and scores high in reliability. FACT! Stop talking and beeing butthurt
Even a Dacia IS BETTER