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Saloon
You get plenty of used car for your money. Those in the back are treated to limo-style legroom and those in the front have even more space to stretch out.
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Headroom is generous throughout, too, and there’s a massive boot. However, the rear seats don’t fold on earlier cars. The cabin is solidly screwed together and you won’t find the quality wanting. The layout and weighting of controls are spot-on as well, and there's no shortage of creature comforts or safety kit, either. The suspension is tuned for comfort and it wafts along nicely on most surfaces. When the road turns bumpy, though, the body control starts to fall apart and the car can wallow uncomfortably in corners. Behind the wheel, you’re always aware that this is a big car. Still, the engines are all good and, wind noise apart, the Superb is a comfortable, refined motorway cruiser.
Running Costs
The big-engined Superbs become comparatively cheap used buys very quickly their resale values are hit hard during their first year from new but they won’t be that cheap to run. The shrewder option for higher-mileage drivers, then, is to go for the 2.0 petrol or 1.9 TDi turbodiesels. The petrol and diesel V6s, for instance, are noticeably dearer to service about as expensive, for instance, as a BMW 5 Series but the lesser models cost roughly the same as a VW Passat, with which the Superb shares much of its mechanical parts. Most models are relatively economical, however the V6 and 1.8 T petrols (34mpg) aren't overly frugal, but the 1.9 TDi models can nudge 50mpg. Insurance ranges from the group 8 of the 2.0 petrol up to 15 for the 2.8 V6.