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2009 Skoda Superb Supremely Safe, Achieves Five Stars In Euro-NCAP Tests

When we first saw the 2009 Skoda Superb we got weak in the knees. We asked the doctor to Czech us out and his Prague-nosis was that this Passat platform mate, with its twindoor system, was just too sexy. We know, it's a liftback sedan like all the others. But is it? Euro-NCAP, sort of the IIHS of Europe, tested the Superb and gave it five stars or 35 points for the protection of adults and 40 points for the protection of children. The big difference? Knee airbags. Brilliant. Press release below the jump.

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9:40 AM on Wed May 28 2008
By Matt Hardigree
842 views, 27 comments

Latest by mxrz: UK Skoda jokes? The joke's on you fool: [www.carpages.co.uk] [thecarfanatic.com] [www.topgear.com] Clearly, UK loves their Skodas. more »

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Skoda Superb Estate In The Works? Is Someone Reading Our Diary?

If you know us, you know we love the 2009 Skoda Superb. For serious. It's the best looking thing they build on the the Passat platform. And now our friends at World Car Fans have some spy photos of what looks to be a Superb Estate and a rendering of what they expect it to look like. We're all in support of taking our favorite Czech VW and giving it an extra pillar but... what about the Twindoor? Whatever, give us a Superb Estate and we'll fill it with good Czech beer, leggy Charles University philo students and Vaclav Havel. Just because.

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4:45 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,672 views, 11 comments

Latest by muhnkee_2: no sense just plundering VW brazil, they are also producing some cool stuff in volkswagen South Africa... how about a brand new Mk1 Golf, currently known as a citi golf - classic mk1 shape, brand new donor dash, absolutely no safety more »

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Skoda Superb GreenLine's Only Emission Is The Sex And CO2

For those who haven't noticed, we're a little dragon for the 2009 Skoda Superb (i.e. the Czech Passat) and it's clever TwinDoor system. And a version that gets better mileage and is better for the environment, why not? This version of the Superb gets a 1.9-Liter inline-four turbodiesel good for about 105 horsepower and the US equivalent of 46.1MPG.

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10:20 AM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,649 views, 13 comments

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It's A Hatch, It's A Trunk, It's The Skoda Twindoor System

The 2009 Skoda Superb was already our favorite version of the VW Passat when the company released images of it earlier this year. Since then we've been waiting for pictures of the new Twindoor system, which promised the styling of a sedan with the usability of a hatchback. We were dubious until we saw the pictures. The Twindoor tailgate splits below the window, allowing normal trunk action or full-on hatchback accessibility.

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2:00 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,095 views, 46 comments

Latest by apexpredator: This thing ROCKS!! I sell VW and I would LOVE to sell this thing as the new Dasher! Especially since the new CC Passat Concept is going to kill any sales that the normal passat would normally garner. This thing has more »

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2009 Skoda Superb To Be Outfitted With VW Media System

It only took Skoda, the Czech VW subsidiary, decades to emerge from the automotive Dark Ages and finally throw a tech bone or two into its sedans and the like. The latest news coming out of the land where they invented pilsner is that the Skoda Superb, which is primed and ready for an unveiling at the Geneva Auto Show, will also be outfitted with VW's hard-drive based navigation system, the RNS 510.
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1:45 PM on Tue Jan 29 2008
By Travis Hudson
1,484 views, 13 comments

Latest by UDMan: @dearthair: You don't have to be in LA to get your electronics stolen. My cheap Garmin Navigation System was taken right out of my car last night, IN MY DRIVEWAY! Of course, I forgot to lock the car, so it more »

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The Skoda Superb Is More Than Adequate

The folks at Skoda, the Czech VW subsidiary, have always had a stellar time reworking and elongating the Passat platform to make an upper-mid-level platform for that Czech executive on the go. Now we've got photos of the next generation Skoda Superb and, hey, it's better than ordinary. In fact, propelled by VW's 1.8 TSI it's downright pretty good. It'll officially bow at the Geneva Auto Show, an event we hear is good even relative to things otherwise considered good. Press release below the jump.

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4:00 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,998 views, 20 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: Cool, the headlamps can "look-round-corners"! So long as they can speak and tell me there's a very large truck coming, too, then this is an excellent feature. At least it doesn't have the VAG gaping-maw grille. That one's still more »

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Skoda Unveils 2009 Superb

Wow, we continue to be boggled by Skoda's meteoric move up market. The company released these teaser shots today of the 2009 Superb sedan. No details, except that it'll feature a "generously sized interior" and "a number of smart solutions." The rest will be unveiled at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show in March. Is it just us, or is their a hint of Renault Vel Satis as you look along the Superb's flanks?

11:45 AM on Tue Dec 11 2007
By Wes Siler
2,060 views, 15 comments

Latest by wheels OF satan!: skoda is available here in australia... do you need some more pics? i can do ... more »

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It's Just Pure Luxury: The Skoda Superb!

Far be it from us to front on a young man thrilled enough with his folks' purchase of a Skoda Superb — the A6L-based econolux machine of nominal Czech extraction — that he would actually make a video about its 1.9L TDI brilliance and post it to YouTube. After all, it does share one salient feature in common with the Rolls-Royce Phantom dreamed up by VW competitor BMW: it's got self-draining door-mounted umbrella compartments. Take that, SEAT! – Davey G. Johnson More »

12:00 AM on Fri May 18 2007
By Davey G. Johnson
589 views, 9 comments

Latest by Turboner: "Can't recall what that is." - I thought the skibag behind the rear seat armrest was pretty cool when we got my wife's A6. The first aid kit inside the armrest got used within a year, after I cut more »