On 27/01/2012 at 23:31, redbuta said:

I can understand the seats won't be as confy as those two. However, it seems the differences among superb, passat and BMW 5 aren't so obvious from these photos:

http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/skoda/superb-hatchback/2-0-tdi-cr-140-s-5dr/pictures/60792

http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/volkswagen/passat-saloon/1-4-tsi-122-s-bluemotion-tech-4dr/pictures/59481

http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/bmw/5-series-saloon/520d-se-4dr/pictures/58966

Probably the lumbar support is too much on your superb?

The dimensions also tell similar story:

Superb

Passat

BMW 5

where did you get the picture form?

On 28/01/2012 at 09:37, hpoom said:

I believe a lot of the space in the Superb comes from the bonnet being shorter. This is very clear in those 3 pictures posted. You can see the Superb has a shorter front then both the Passat and 5 Series.

The Superb engine is transverse mounted, where I believe (but not 100% sure) that the other 2 have longitudinal mounted engines.

Can anybody else comment on this, has rotating the engine created the space?

 

These pictures are not to scale - Surely the Superb is longer than Passat in total?   In those pictures, it looked a lot shorter. 

On 06/03/2019 at 10:04, TonyTonic said:

where did you get the picture form?

 

Well... 7 years ago, on good old version of Whatcar website.  

The Superb has extra length between the A and B pillars giving a bigger door - infact this is one of the key reasons I own a Superb. I'm tall and like a laid back driving position - this usually puts my elbow hitting the B pillar (they seem to be bigger these days!) and me nearly looking out of the back window when turning right driving many er "normal" 5 door cars. 

 

Actually I find the 3 dr Citigo to be good - although I'm not sure I'd want to travel the lenght of France in one!

12 hours ago, redbuta said:

 

These pictures are not to scale - Surely the Superb is longer than Passat in total?   In those pictures, it looked a lot shorter. 

If you look at the wheelbase dimensions, the images are very clearly not to scale: the scaling makes the Superb's wheelbase look shorter yet it's 5 cm longer in reality.