We are looking to add to the Skoda stable. I'm looking at 3 or 4 year old Octavias or a Superb. I will mainly be doing motorway driving and I'm looking at the CR diesels. Which one though? Is the 1.6Tdi CR too slow, especially in a Superb? This is making me think one of the 2.0 engines may be better.

Also, when are the DMF and Clutch likely to go one these?

 

 

David

Edited 5 January, 201511 yr by Vidfletch

It all depends where your priorities lie and what you want performance wise from it. The 140 and 170 2l engines can do over 50mpg on a run plus you get the extra go when you want it. Best thing for you would be to test drive them all to see which combination suits you best. I know someone with a 1.6 superb and he loves it, but his main priority was fuel economy as he's a high miler but also needed a big boot and room to accomodate his 2 6ft plus teenage sons. The CR engines are more linear in their torque delivery so dmfs shouldn't be a problem providing the previous owner hasn't been trying to accelerate from super low revs.

I do like a bit of "GO" to be fair. I'm currently driving a high mileage, 10 year old, Berlingo HDi. It goes really well to be fair but was bought a for a purpose and now my needs have changed.

1.6 CR is much better than a ten year old 1.9 TDi. I drove mine on a 60 mile round trip today, fairly quickly on hilly B-roads, half of which had four 6' adult males on board (say 300kg+). Finished the journey at 58mpg and wasn't hanging around. Handling on the Octavia is a bit bouncy, but it goes around corners almost as well as our Mk7 Golf GTi. The 1.6 is definitely more refined than the 2.0 as I have also spent lots of time in a new Seat Leon. Power/torque delivery is much more linear than the 2.0 which delivers most of its shove from 1700 to 3000 rpm.