Superb recommendation

[Transporter]

The only downside I can think of is the badge and unknown resale value. Personally I don't really care for the badge, and for resale, I think it will definitely be better than a Falcon.

That's why I made my purchase.

...and you rightly don't care for that badge, because it is one of the oldest one in the world.
The resale should be good too, at least for few years, since they don't sell too many of them compare to other cars.

[aware]

Welcome - The Superb is certainly a worthy contender - you'll find that the Superb certainly has more space in the rear seats than the G6ET - We looked at one in 2008, and I couldn't sit in the back comfortably at all (6ft tall) whereas the car we chose was much better in that regard (Accord V6L). We are now looking to replace the Accord early next year (on a 3 year lease, should end in September but dad moves home from France next year hence the delay) and have narrowed it down to a Subaru or Superb. We also have 2 Foresters (MY05 and MY09), and are very happy with them and would have no hesitation in choosing another Subaru - although I don't know which car you are looking at for 60k with no legroom (new Liberty/Outback is much, much better then the last model) as well as manually adjustable seats (we are looking at GT/Outback) where both front seats have power adjustment.

I don't know too much about the Superb myself, only that we'd be looking at the 103 or 125 TDI and that certainly it is very good from a value and space perspective, and they get very good write-ups from what I have read so far - we'll be testing them soon when dad gets back here for 2 weeks. I have already been to the local dealer and was very impressed with the Superb - and with a diesel 4X4 version it is more tempting.

Good luck with your decision!

[fragl1923]

Seems the sales guy at Subaru doesn't know too much about his product - told me the new Liberty had manual seats with no memory settings. It does, but I'm still leaning towards the Skoda (Liberty GT sedan for Hobart is $58k drive away without any options).

On the surface both cars are probably a bit closer than I thought, but having a look at what was in stock down here today (Octavia RS & a couple of Scouts), the cars' interiors look top notch. Strangely, they look very similar to the VWs I've checked out before!

Only conern for me was the fact that the guy basically said they rarely have Superbs in stock as they sell very quickly. Will be a challenge to find one to test drive in the coming months.

[CanberravRS]

Well as an owner of the V6 4x4 Superb, now at 16,000klms I can say that its a leap ahead of ther other two you are looking at.
Im on my second Skoda now after 2.75 years in an Octavia vRS and now 9months in the Superb, and im happy i made the choice.

You might take some time to read a post i wrote at 10,000klms.
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...iew-53895.html