Scout280

I'll close this discussion after one reply that, whilst appreciated greatly, didn't answer the comparison question. I had assumed someone here must have tried both variants but apparently not.... My brother in law has decided, of his own free will, to try a 2.0 petrol. I hope he doesn't regret it.

So nobody has an opinion?

My brother in law is looking to buy a replacement for his Mazda 6 estate and is impressed with the 280 Superb Scout I have. However he doesn't want the high performance version and we've discounted the diesels due to a lot of his mileage being short local runs. That narrows it down to the 2 liter petrol or the 1,5 PHEV. I have no experience of either of these models but thought the collective mind of the forum might give us some ideas on which one to choose! One of his wants he probably won't get is the variable height floor (I've not seen one for sale yet) but I've seen that the PHEV has a different floor due to the battery? Does that variant have a flat floor from the loading edge forward or does it drop down like the rest of the range without the variable height floor option? Over to you lot! Guy

Hi, no need to apologise for thread resurrection! Yes, my car has the raised suspension and DCC.

Plus my best friend's wife is French and they travel to Paris regularly so that may be another possibility....

Thank you Bap33! I appreciate those translations, luckily my wife is fluent in German (because she is..) and we also have some Polish friends who occasionally travel to the UK with a trailer pulling an AC 289 aluminum body... That may be a possibility!

Thank you Leolito! That post gives me hope that I can find the parts at reasonable prices now. I hadn't thought of looking on eBay in Europe for them, I guess I need to find a few new words in French, German and Swedish etc and find a seller willing to post them. WAIT - ROADTRIP!

I think the front under bumper and rear diffuser are the main panels, certainly the most expensive. My car has the higher ground clearance with Scout DCC shocks (I wonder how easy it will be to source replacements come the day) but yes, everything else appears to be stick on. None will ever appear in UK breakers yards as it's a car never officially imported to the UK. Mine has snuck through somehow albeit without the exterior trim, everything else is Superb Mk3 Scout. Thanks for the thoughts!

This is what I see when clicking on that link. Looks well dodgy to me!

Thanks very much for that, I guess I should have expected to see ridiculous prices that make it a non starter for me. I think it'd be over £4k to put that lot back on the car. It can stay as is for now. I'll keep an eye out in the future, as the car gets older there may be price reductions to clear old stock... Probably not....

Thanks but that link doesn't produce anything for me.

Does anyone know where I can get a complete front and complete rear bumper plus the matching wheel arch trims? I think the ones on my 2021 Superb Scout Estate were removed before Skoda sold the car to its first owner here in the UK. Photograph of a car lifted off a car for sale in Australia (which was the main market obviously) is identical to my car, white with the full length roof, rear door blinds, seats, three zone climatesuspension higher than the standard Sportline, 280bhp etc etc.

The photo above is my steering wheel just to be clear! I think it's more like the standard Sportline Plus one. The seats look the same as the L&K ones but in Alcantara (which I prefer) rather than leather of the L&K. Definitely not as contoured as the Sportline Plus 280 seats in the other cars I tried before I bought this one.

And it’s a Hawk Stratos with an Alfa Romeo 3.0 V6, 220bhp, half the weight of the Superb and 345*35*15 rear tyres. Can’t launch over 5000rpm or it shreds the tyres…..

Was the wood look was an optional extra? Mine is silver, the steering wheel is also different to this one.

Hi Lee - The Skoda data tells me it's a SUP.COM.SCO TS200/2.0A7A with a DNUA engine code. It's very quick, it could almost keep up with the Stratos replica!

And here’s a better pic of the Scout specific passenger seat with electric memory.

Actually the interior isn’t the fake wood trim!

I've got one in the UK. Probably the only one. I know it was brought in by Skoda in 2020 and registered in 2021 as a Superb Sportline Plus 280 it's had the arch spats and bumpers replaced with the more usual Superb ones but retains the black plastic door bottom protectors. Scout badges on the wings and dash, embroidered seats, Scout logo on the screen on start up, 6 selectable driving modes (off-road is the extra one). Rear window blinds in the doors, heated front and rear seats, Canton and the sunroof. Raised suspension 15mm taller than standard Sportline. There's probably more differences that I've still to find out about but the only missing stuff is the removable boot torch and DAB radio. I'm the second owner and have taken it from 16,500 miles up to 30,000. Brilliant car, apologies for the thread resurrection! Guy