Skoda Superb III 4x4 - A sleeper’s journey – 280ps to 560ps

[micloi]

[micloi]

You need a magnifying glass but it's there

[anonymous-user]

Glasgowrob said:

very rarely is there a car that gets pistonheads nearly united,


but I think everyone likes this

No .. it's st!




..not

[Shakermaker]

405dogvan said:

I worked on a Superb last week - opened the boot looking for a broken wire and wondered why they'd cheaped-out on a parcel-shelf instead of a proper rear shelf.

Then I realised it's both a saloon (boot opens) or hatch (whole back with glass opens) - really quite neatly done (tho MANY wires were broken - obv)

Only really useful to taxi drivers I guess - but that's 99% of what Superbs are used for so it's great to see one being taken to another level entirely (tho I suspect he's feeding money into it and it's just being burned - but hey, it'll be brilliant for the next owner )

I find the twin boot thing very useful on mine. Most of the time I just have it on "saloon" mode but then opening it fully up when loading big cases etc. And mine isn't a taxi either! A shame they dropped the feature on the latest one really as it made it very easy to use, one of those things I never thought I would need. similar to my old 5 series estate with the twin-hatch idea

OP - I love what you've done, its brilliant.

[TheAngryDog]

micloi said:

Your car for me should have been the cover car.

[phil_cardiff]

TheAngryDog said:

micloi said:

Your car for me should have been the cover car.

Me too. But target audience innit?

[micloi]

TheAngryDog said:

Your car for me should have been the cover car.

A Skoda, and a Superb at that, a tuning magazine cover? Maybe in another 10 years time

[micloi]

phil_cardiff said:

Me too. But target audience innit?

Well, technically it is a cover car

[C7 JFW]

Shopping for a superb now. I've just checked HowManyLeft and there seem to be a pretty minimal number on the road (great).

How impressive. I love how subtle it is too - utterly brilliant.

Do you have a link to a Skoda forum where we can read about the car in more detail please? Also, it would be great to find out where you had the car tuned please.

Edited by C7 JFW on Thursday 24th August 17:32

[micloi]

C7 JFW said:

Shopping for a superb now. I've just checked HowManyLeft and there seem to be a pretty minimal number on the road (great).

How impressive. I love how subtle it is too - utterly brilliant.

Do you have a link to a Skoda forum where we can read about the car in more detail please? Also, it would be great to find out where you had the car tuned please.

Edited by C7 JFW on Thursday 24th August 17:32

Sure, have a, look at the link below. It has all info about the built, tuner etc. :

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/416122-skoda...

[mwstewart]

Good man, OP. That is quite mad

[TheAngryDog]

micloi said:

TheAngryDog said:

Your car for me should have been the cover car.

A Skoda, and a Superb at that, a tuning magazine cover? Maybe in another 10 years time

If the magazine's want to carry on the stigma of Skoda's then that's poor imo. How many mad power Superbs are there compared to yellow seat leons? Exactly. They had an opportunity and didn't take it.

[micloi]

TheAngryDog said:

If the magazine's want to carry on the stigma of Skoda's then that's poor imo. How many mad power Superbs are there compared to yellow seat leons? Exactly. They had an opportunity and didn't take it.

IMHO it's not the magazine that is to blame but the people that read the magazine who, at the end, dictate what's on the cover. Many more Cupra others modify their cars than Skoda Superb ones (thus Skoda not selling a VRS Superb, nor even a Fabia VRS anymore...).

[loudlashadjuster]

Great to see all the history in one place, seen bits and pieces here, on Briskoda and YouTube. Bonkers motor!

My L&K 280 arrives in November, it's a company car so will be remaining resolutely standard but I'm looking forward to it.

[anonymous-user]

i would be very surprised ifr the 280 superb produces that as standard, i would say at least 300bhp, it is just vw doesn't want skoda to have on a paper a powerful car. So still fast as standard. They are very interesting cars.

[micloi]

The Spruce goose said:

i would be very surprised ifr the 280 superb produces that as standard, i would say at least 300bhp, it is just vw doesn't want skoda to have on a paper a powerful car. So still fast as standard. They are very interesting cars.

Limited by the map and exhaust. Mine made 285 and 330 with a tuning box.

[micloi]

loudlashadjuster said:

Great to see all the history in one place, seen bits and pieces here, on Briskoda and YouTube. Bonkers motor!

My L&K 280 arrives in November, it's a company car so will be remaining resolutely standard but I'm looking forward to it.

Cough JB4 cough

[ATG]

micloi said:

HybridAero said:

Wow this is so amazing, it's the ultimate sleeper! Silly question but what's the mpg like on a cruise now?

Long term average including town driving and a few sprints is 25mpg. Can get easily 30 on most trips including normal and spirited driving. If I drive very carefully I can do 35.

That's a fraction worse than the mileage I used to get out of my parents FWD Passat VR6. Given yours is 4WD and developing about 3 times the power, I'd say you were doing "quite well".

[anonymous-user]

ATG said:

That's a fraction worse than the mileage I used to get out of my parents FWD Passat VR6. Given yours is 4WD and developing about 3 times the power, I'd say you were doing "quite well".

To be honest it's all a bit of a nonsense. Drive it normally and it'll do 30 mpg because it's making about 70 - 100hp on a light throttle. Drive it flat out for any length of time and it will do less than 10mpg and probably explode.

[micloi]

wormus said:

ATG said:

That's a fraction worse than the mileage I used to get out of my parents FWD Passat VR6. Given yours is 4WD and developing about 3 times the power, I'd say you were doing "quite well".

To be honest it's all a bit of a nonsense. Drive it normally and it'll do 30 mpg because it's making about 70 - 100hp on a light throttle. Drive it flat out for any length of time and it will do less than 10mpg and probably explode.

Agree for the 10mpg, but why explode? Well mapped cars, especially this one that has been forged can last for long track sessions without any issues, proved over and over again, while stock cars stop performing due to overheating.