madfiddler

Most external hard disk drives [HDD ] that are advertised as portable are also powered via the USB cable. Same goes for newer solid state drives [sSD ].....but don't get me started on the differences between USB versions.....although I would be interested to hear what the new superb supports You can get sub 500GB portable HDD now for very little money <£30 although the SSD are still a lot more expensive in comparison. You just have to make sure they are formatted correctly which can be a challenge as they might not be what the car needs by default

My s2 Columbus has always showed just over 18GB free on the internal drive btw. Never used it though, as I've always had a HDD or SSD attached via USB to the MDI

Well as per my other thread, in the end I decided to defect for my next company car lease and ordered a Jag XE. In all likelihood I'll be looking on and seeing you lot driving around happily in your new Superbs and still be waiting! I hope you all love them.

I'm not an estate fan tbh I can of course see the differences, but looks-wise the side on view is pretty darn close. At a quick glance you'd be forgiven for mixing them up I reckon.

The brochure suggest the L&K has a black leather interior option btw..... .....but only if you go with the ventilated seats extra.

Disappointing wheel options on the L&K and no all,black interior option, you can't even "downgrade" to what is on offer in the SE L. I know they need differentiators, but one would expect paying a premium the choices ought to be more expansive :(

To be honest I found it less useful than I thogught I would in my superb ii hatch. I decided on it to make loading heavy items in easier (bass guitar amps and speaker cabs that weigh a tonne!) In everyday use though I find it gets in the way a bit. Once unfastened I had trouble latching it down again and you lose a few inches in width where the sides are fitted in as well as having a slightly useless void between the outside edge of these and the storage boxes over the rear wheel arches. So on balance I don't think for my needs its something I would bother with again. The dual opening boot though has been a godsend. Absolutely loved it. I know many others moan about it though.

hi all I finally made a decision, it was for the XE all the comments really helped and it made me realise that actually this was quite a "heart-based" decision in the end and despite to some extent trying overrule this with my head it just wasn't going to happen. Its probably ended up costing me more for the Jag in actuality because I ended up putting a few options on there that initially I was thinking I wouldn't, but well.....you only live once! At the end of the day I've been driving Skodas for 12 years, pretty much trouble-free and I am not leaving because I think they are bad in any way and I am definitely not a badge snob. I'd still consider another Skoda in the future definitely. I just fancy driving round with a big smile on my face enjoying the experience rather than just having the inner smugness that I'm the (simply) clever one who got best value for money. I know others will disagree but there you go! Thanks for everyone's input.

by the way I realise that the Jag XE £1500 option on autos for ACC includes "Queue Assist" which appears to be equivalent to the Skoda Traffic Jam Assist. So the equivalent is available but if you compare to L&K at least you wouldn't be paying more for it in the Superb.

its an all new aluminium body for the XE? who knows. My lease will be 42 months, and its a fully maintained one and that, so for me its immaterial

To me this seems in line form what I've seen on my companies lease providers site. I agree there are some strange things, including for example on beige and brown interiors. I wonder if they work off the same db and skoda released the wrong info. Best wait for the Official UK comfigurator I guess!

I'm surprised by that. I drove one last week and it all looked spot on

sorry matey I am now confused as to what you were confused about! not sure about the trolling comment everything seems good in this thread to me and all the opinions are actually helping me, I don't expect everyone to have the same opinions and neither does anyone else. all the things you mentioned there on the superb aren't necessarily standard even on the L&K I think - bear in mind I am looking at manual transmission. But other than the traffic jam thingymabob and 10GB HDD (pretty tiny by today's standards I use a portable 350GB 2.5" HDD in the car!) they are available as options on the XE I've spotted only two XE's on the road since I've been looking over the last couple of weeks. I won't take your bet because of course the superb iii hasn't hit the streets yet so not a fair comparisons. There are plenty of superb ii round this neck of the woods though no dissing needed and no one looking down anyone's noses at anyone else's decision as far as I can see XE and Superb are great cars in their own right and what's best for one person isn't necessarily so for the next I think I'm 99% decided btw Its not an easy decision when 3 Skoda's in a row have given me a lot of trouble free driving and a heck of a lot for my money

@jungleJames.....ACC is available only on autos (makes sense) and for Jag its a £1500 option. I was looking at a manual, although the autos also have the assisted start facility (for snow and ice conditions). Power-fold mirrors and rear view camera (parking pack) are options on all models, as are blind spot indicators - all of which I added to the standard XE Portfolio before comparing with the Superb L&K. the self-parking gizmos and 360 degree cameras are all extras too, also in the £1000 range but they aren't things I would be looking for anyway. as a fully maintained lease and it being a new car under warranty I can live with some hiccups and I have my own company and the lease company working for me if that's necessary. reliability on Jags is great as is skoda. So on this front I'm not worried about either being new model cars. @Coops - no probs, but no Estates or Greenline are on the system yet. I understand Estates will be about a month behind the hatch

L&k 150bhp manual, p11d value is showing as £28685 Candy White is the zero price colour, all others are £360, interesting the same colours cost more on a lower trim car Zero cost leather options are unfortunately (this puts me off a bit) beige and brown. I don't know about the legalities of sharing at this stage and as all these are loaded up I am surprised they are not now all In the UK configurator or with dealers. If there is a specific item you are considering PM me

Thanks everyone. We'll if anyone wants to know anything about options the on the superb, LeaseDrive loaded it to their system yesterday so I can check. As far as I know it's all RRP, they do t look for deals until you decide to order.

Ok, I suppose I am going to get flamed for this but I'm going to give it a go anyway. I guess I might get rather biased responses, I have a dilemma, a good one I admit,,.... So my company car lease is up for renewal and I currently drive a Supber 2, 140bhp diesel Elegance plus Columbus satnav and a couple of minor extras. I've been considering a number of other vehicles in what you might call the compact executive class, BMW 3 series, Merc c-class, Jag XE. The latter of these for me seems like a serious contender and I've test driven it Cost-wise there is little in it over the contract period, between a superb l&k and a jag xe portfolio. The jag will be a bit better tax wise and possibly mpg, but it's a more expensive car to start with, so things balance out, I don't need such a large car any more although I'm used to it, but I like my creature comforts and bang for buck skoda has spoiled me with the superb and an Octavia l&k before that. Part of me Is really close to thinking....but it's a Jag, it's as British as I could probably get, I fancy a change, go for it. But at the back of my mind there is a little nagging doubt, that a new superb is the sensible option So given this choice, why might you choose a new Superb? Or wouldn't you?

Lots of pig farms not too far away from me so I'll be sorted

Sounds promising I have no end of skoda dealer stuff ant to me this week, multiple mail shots, text messages, emails to my work and also personal addresses all about a skoda special event this weekend but with no mention whatsoever of a new superb....very strange My car is a lease via work and due for renewal. We deal with leasedrive and everything bar fabias has been missing on their site for over a month now. Usually it can take up to 6 weeks for them to catch up on the new specs and prices.

UK configuratir for the superb still not available but the visualiser is up I don't know if the visualiser shows all possibilities, but Interestingly l&k interior is beige/beige (looks cream to me), SE L is EXECUTIVE beige and black leather (looks dark brown not beige to me). SE is grey/black and the S is the only black on black option but cloth not leather

Am I the only one that prefers the saloon?

Take the colon off the end of the address for it to work http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2015-skoda-superb-estate-official-pics-and-details

Probably due to how the roof line slopes towards the back I would have thought

How are you getting on with the pale coloured interior?

I'm due to order a new company car through a leasing company, VAG as a whole seems to have had a major update. VW and audi prices all revised and some seat stuff, they weren't on their website for a couple of weeks. Skoda has been missing from it entirely for over 3 weeks and fabias only just popped up on there yesterday. So I suspect it's all related. I was thinking of moving away from Skoda to be honest (I've had 2 Octavias followed by a superb ii). Just for a change and maybe a bit of badge snobbery. But seeing the specs of the new superb and early reviews I will probably have a rethink once I know how kind it will be on my pocket!