Next Gen Superb - 17/2/15

[hardy_bm]

Newcastle has a 206 sedan to test drive as well as some non-206 wagons.

[tigger73]

That gives me the sh ! ts no end, unfortunately. It adds $1,000 to the price of the car, just to put the right wheel & tyre in the boot, when it ought to be their in the first place.

It'll only be $1000 if you put an OEM alloy with matching tyre in your boot. I'm pretty sure Matt said the 162 had a steel spare which you should be able to pick up for $50 at a wreckers and $200 for a reasonable tyre. Agree that it sounds a bit backwards that the 206TSI gets the space saver but if it's a big deal for you get the dealer to include a full size spare in your sales contract.

[MattPS]

Thanks again Matt.
That gives me the sh ! ts no end, unfortunately. It adds $1,000 to the price of the car, just to put the right wheel & tyre in the boot, when it ought to be their in the first place.

I still haven't seen or driven one up here in Sydney. Dealers in other parts of Australia are advertising them, with photos on the showroom floor, in Carsales. I rang the two big dealers nearest me yesterday. They gave me that well known Mexican word for false hope. Surely it will come.

Seriously $1,000.00

When was the last time you used your spare or changed a tyre ?

My own personal cars have a no spare tyre (Run flat B250 W246) and a space saver (SLK 350 R172) the cars have tyre pressure monitoring and if you detect a flat you get it fixed....cant say I have ever had a sidewall collapse over 25 years of driving. I do plenty of country driving and over a lot of crap roads eg Bass Highway to Phillip Island most weekends

Find the wheel offset get a spare wheel from something that has the same off set job done.

As for our current Superbs one customer picked up the demo 206 on Easter Thursday and is bringing it back today

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[OilBurna]

The Superb looks pretty good value for money especially vs the Passat


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[2009fsi]

This morning I sat in a Jaguar, a Volvo & a Superb 206 sedan. The Superb suited me better.
The seats larger & more comfortable, but most importantly there is not the same intrusion in to drivers footwell, forcing the pedals to be offset left. The steering wheel smaller but thicker & soft feel. I found it easy to set seats & wheel into several very comfortable driving positions I like for city or country driving. To me, the finish & fit out throughout was excellent. The car looks wider & lower than before can well disguises the fact it is as big as a Falcon. The 19" wheels fitted are not the Supernova rims shown in earlier configurator & in many promo photos. And it appears everything is factory fitted. If you want to change anything, even the different rim, order from the factory until yours arrives. Silly inflexibility. The spare hole can take a full size, but has a billy cart special. This Superb is a completely different car to any older Superb. It is a huge leap in both technology & option included. In my humble opinion, it is as well, if not better equipped than number of higher priced competitors.

I drove a 206 wagon. On the road the performance seems to lose nothing to the R36 engined V6. The brakes are very good, but not as sharp as those on the 3T V6. More pedal travel, softer feel, but stops well without standing everyone on their heads as the 3T V6 brakes can.

I found the 'Normal' mode setting too sloppy in the suspension if you were on a bumpy surface or needing quick change of direction. I didn't try "Comfort" setting. It must surely roll around like a 1960s Yank tank. In the "Sports" setting, I found the car stable & considerably more precise. Powering out of a corner the car sat well & you could feel the bite & traction come in at the back end & feel the stability control activate on unsticking a back wheel under sharp acceleration. I suspect a lot of drivers used to sportier cars or the 3T V6, would find it hard not to be in "Sports" mode most or all of the time. The engine response is crisper than the V6, if you choose the accelerate hard. I had no sense of turbo lag or any hesitation through the DSG.

A couple of things are missing from all cars shipped.
1. There is no 'privacy glass'. It doesn't matter as I would go done to Albert in Campsie & have effective tinting installed anyway.
2. The other thing is a bit more serious. If you want to buy a car, Skoda wants a waiver from you because cars shipped to Australia are not equipped with 'knee' airbags. Not only not fitted, but Skoda has no intent to retro fit either.

All in all very impressed & I've ordered a 206 sedan with tech, comfort & care packs, to be delivered in about three weeks, as long as they can get me one of two light colours. I'm happy with the deal done; In the end, a two car deal. My son & fiancee buying a Fabia with everything. They're inner city drivers. A happy smiling salesman.

[gamcem]

In the brochure it mentions the knee air bags won't be 2015 fit. This must mean 2015 cars not MY16.

[2009fsi]

In the brochure it mentions the knee air bags won't be 2015 fit. This must mean 2015 cars not MY16.

That's correct. You get a discount instead. One wonders why it is not fitted. I'd not normally buy any car at first release, but there are other factors at play on this occasion. This one might well turn into a Sportsline model, not due out until 'the end of year', probably meaning March/April 2017.

The reason the 206 doesn't have a full size wheel, I was told was, because they wanted to strip weight from the car so they could get it to do 400 under 6 seconds. So, obviously the smoke & mirrors doesn't stop at fudging emissions

Other observations:
The boot might be as big, but it is wider & shallower. Some things I;ve carried in the 3T or B6, wouldn't let you close the 206 boot lid.
No noticeable road noise at all from the Pirelli P7 tyres on a variety of surfaces when braking, steering or coasting downhill.

It appears no real spares for these cars have yet been shipped, hence the reason the $798 Supernova wheel upgrade option is not available. I'm going to call Skoda Chullora to ask about that on Tuesday.

[dec76]

Have just signed contract at Gold Coast Skoda for Business Grey 140TDI, with Tech and Comfort Packs and towpack.
Delivery is for Late April as still in transit.

Knee bag and Privacy is on the one I'm getting as it is a MY16 built Jan 16.

Only the early cars built SEP-DEC 2015 that are to be registered as dealer demos wont have the two items on them as they are built '15

Also has anyone heard the 140TDI? Makes my 3T 125TDI wagon sound like a tractor and its quiet compared to some BMW/MERC's

[MattPS]

Congrats on the purchase(s)

Alloy wheels shatter in a rear end accident hence steel wheel for ADR

[2009fsi]

I received a confirmation call this morning about my order for a brilliant silver 206, Dec76. Delivery end April built 1/16.


Skoda Australia or VAG seems to to have become too smart for their own good over these 19" Supernova alloys they use in all their advertising. On the configurator until recently, they were an alternate. Late last week they made them an option for $787. Now they say they are a separately purchased rim, at $797 EACH. I don't forget things like this; like Maccas ads for Big Macs which haven't looked like the ads since the 1970s . They must have a special course at VAG, How to get customers offside in one easy lesson.

The car would have looked great on those unique wheels & drawn attention to the Skoda product. Now will merge less noticeably in with all the rest of brands using similar nondescript straight spoke wheels.