Hmmm, I wonder if Skodas are going to get these engines?

The new generation of Exeo engines incorporate a series of technological innovations that deliver a step-change in dynamics, performance and sustainability. All Exeo engines are now chain-driven camshaft - instead of being belt-driven, like the previous family, which means that the engines need far less maintenance during the car's road life.

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Edited 11 March, 201115 yr by Fred Bloggs

Beat me too it fred !! But if you look at the actual engine, it seems as if it is longitudal ( north / south ) just like the engines on the older superbs. I might be wrong, but also the engine bay shows the same battery lay out tucked away right at the back of the bulk head !! Possiblities of future flooding issues in the cabin if the bungs below the battery is compromised. Think i'll take a visit to my local seat dealer, and have a good ole nose around the engine bay, and make a note of the engine code, and get TPS to check out the oil pump design on etka program...last thing i would want is a more modern version of the exeo with inherited superb problems !! Nice classy car tho

My thoughts exactly. While I am not yet thinking of swapping the 55 plate Superb, there will come a tme when I will. Absence of a timing belt is a significant factor in choice of engines I think. A lot of manufacturers do seem to be moving away from the belts these days. We swapped my wife's Fabia for an Hyundai i20 (daughter has one too) and they have cam chains. The cost of new rear brake discs/pads/timing belt/pulleys/water pump/MOT on the Fabia's next service (April) that we avoided was a decent contribution to buying the i210!