RE: Skoda Superb Estate 280: PH Fleet

[Dave Hedgehog]

Wild Rumpus said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

i fail to see how 40k for a skoda is fantastic VFM

Well, can you point out all the other spacious, well-equipped, reliable estates that do 0-60 in less than 6 seconds, can tow 2 tonnes and cost less than £40k? Oh, and you can get £6 or 7K of list price, so they don't cost £40K anyway...

golf R estate for a start and broadspeed will sell you a new S4 Avant for 39k or a 140i for 27k

[QuattroDave]

Dave Hedgehog said:

golf R estate for a start and broadspeed will sell you a new S4 Avant for 39k or a 140i for 27k

Golf R is quite a bit smaller inside and if you even can spec it up to the superb levels it won't be as cheap then

S4 avant will be bare spec at that price and having owned many Audis you really do have to add a few options to get the car you really want.

M140i is not type approved for towing and is nowhere near as big inside (I should know I own one!)

I very nearly went for the superb but once I decided I didn't need the space I felt the 140 bettered iton all other counts (for me, not looking to get into a vs debate )

[Wild Rumpus]

rtz62 said:

Drive The Deal quote £35k on the nose for this exact spec car, so, having used them before and knowing how competitive they are, is like to know how Coast2Coast getting another £5k off the list price?

New Car Discount and Broadspeed, both have the L & K 280 Estate at just over £30K so it looks like Drive The Deal just aren't very competitive on this model....

[kambites]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Wild Rumpus said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

i fail to see how 40k for a skoda is fantastic VFM

Well, can you point out all the other spacious, well-equipped, reliable estates that do 0-60 in less than 6 seconds, can tow 2 tonnes and cost less than £40k? Oh, and you can get £6 or 7K of list price, so they don't cost £40K anyway...

golf R estate for a start and broadspeed will sell you a new S4 Avant for 39k or a 140i for 27k

That well known Golf R which has a 2000 litre boot and can tow two tonnes?

The Superb is bigger inside than an A6 let alone an A4 or Golf.

[Wild Rumpus]

Dave Hedgehog said:

golf R estate for a start and broadspeed will sell you a new S4 Avant for 39k or a 140i for 27k

Golf R Estate and 140i are much smaller and neither can be fitted with a Towbar. S4 Avant has a much smaller boot and still costs £7k more with discounts.

[epom]

Looks like the A6 estate. I'm guessing that's the market its aimed at ?

[kambites]

epom said:

Looks like the A6 estate. I'm guessing that's the market its aimed at ?

I'd say the obvious competition for the Superb in general is the Mondeo. I don't think the Mondeo range really has a direct competitor for this variant though?

[silentbrown]

QuattroDave said:

S4 avant will be bare spec at that price and having owned many Audis you really do have to add a few options to get the car you really want.

'base spec' S4 is unsurprisingly better equipped than the Skoda. Heated front seats, front and rear parking sensors as standard for example.

It is a noticeably smaller car than the Superb, though, and list price is £10K more.

[McAndy]

Looks good. Be wary of the engine - I'm just having mine replaced on a Mk2 Octavia vRS (the majority at Skoda's cost, to their credit.)

I couldn't help but chuckle at what you pay for in the options, however!

£600 for virtual pedal - eh? I'll offer you thin air for £450, guv'nor! (I'll confess, I have no idea what this feature really is.)

£20 for waste bin in door panel - £20 for fresh air! (I jest, I realise that this will require more material to manufacture, although I do think that it's a bit silly that this isn't standard).

[kambites]

McAndy said:

Looks good. Be wary of the engine - I'm just having mine replaced on a Mk2 Octavia vRS (the majority at Skoda's cost, to their credit.)

There's a fair amount of difference between the current 2.0 TSI and the mk2's TFSI lump. There's quite a lot that's the same too, mind.

[Wild Rumpus]

silentbrown said:

QuattroDave said:

S4 avant will be bare spec at that price and having owned many Audis you really do have to add a few options to get the car you really want.

'base spec' S4 is unsurprisingly better equipped than the Skoda. Heated front seats, front and rear parking sensors as standard for example.

It is a noticeably smaller car than the Superb, though, and list price is £10K more.

On Broadspeed the cheapest Superb 280 estate is £27,875, the base S4 Avant is £40,260, that's still over £12k of a difference, the S4 is 44% more expensive!

[threespires]

£40,000 - phew

[Shakermaker]

If it comes in that spec then you'll soon have to pay the whacking new tax on £40k plus cars.

So ditch the front-seat ISOFIX, space saver spare wheel and something else that cost £90 and you've come in just under £40,000 and you can buy the space saver wheel from the parts counter once you've got the car.

[s55shh]

NCD had a load of discounted Skoda orders pulled earlier this year by Skoda and refunded deposits while the cars were sat on Sheerness docks.

[McAndy]

kambites said:

There's a fair amount of difference between the current 2.0 TSI and the mk2's TFSI lump. There's quite a lot that's the same too, mind.

I think that mine's early TSI. It's the facelift with a cam-chain. (The lifetime component that isn't.)

[hornetrider]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Wild Rumpus said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

i fail to see how 40k for a skoda is fantastic VFM

Well, can you point out all the other spacious, well-equipped, reliable estates that do 0-60 in less than 6 seconds, can tow 2 tonnes and cost less than £40k? Oh, and you can get £6 or 7K of list price, so they don't cost £40K anyway...

golf R estate for a start

I believe the Golf R has only just started having a towbar as an option? Perhaps with the recent facelift? Certainly when it first came out you couldn't fit a towbar on it.

Plus it's two classes smaller.

[Gandahar]

Fantastic juxtaposition to big bloaty SUVs but that Thule looks like it can only carry a super models very thin bacon butty.....

Get something more chunky on it.

[James Drake]

Gandahar said:

Fantastic juxtaposition to big bloaty SUVs but that Thule looks like it can only carry a super models very thin bacon butty.....

Get something more chunky on it.

You'd be absolutely amazed at how much it holds (we certainly were). It's like a black hole for exhibition equipment, which reminds me... we must check it at some point to see if we left that work experience lad in there as no one has seen him for ages

JD

[kambites]

McAndy said:

kambites said:

There's a fair amount of difference between the current 2.0 TSI and the mk2's TFSI lump. There's quite a lot that's the same too, mind.

I think that mine's early TSI. It's the facelift with a cam-chain. (The lifetime component that isn't.)

Ah yeah, the early chains were appalling. I'm pretty sure that's been fixed in later cars.

[legless]

I had a quartz grey L&K 280, and it was hands-down the best all-round car I've ever had - and I've had some far pricier motors both before and since.

Unfortunately it met an untimely end with just over 4k on the clock due to a lorry driver not seeing me at a merge point. This is what it looked like afterwards: