I was just looking on the Superb configurator as you do and noticed the engine/drive train/gearbox combinations seem quite reduced

 

I downloaded the latest brochure and it has lots of combinations marked with *** meaning only if in stock

 

So at the moment if you want to order a 4x4 Superb in L&K trim then you can only have it with the 280 Petrol

 

Not a problem for some but certainly significantly reduced choice

Do you think they sell many 4 x 4 L & K cars? Must be a bit of a niche one.

 

They will inevitably reduce the number of diesel options but I'll really take notice when it removes the 2.0d from regular models. It's coming I guess, the clock is ticking. 

I saw this day coming & switched from diesel to a petrol 280 L&K 4 two years ago. Also because my annual mileage was going to drop dramatically when I packed up working. Let's face it no one drives a diesel out of choice. Smelly, noisy, diesel is more expensive than petrol (in UK) & the modern diesels have got very complicated to the point where it's marginal whether it's cheaper to run a diesel if you do a less than 25-30k miles pa.

 

New petrol cars won't be around for much longer either but I'll not be switching from petrol to electric until the prices become more sensible & a 400 mile range was the norm rather than the exception. Actually I would be more interested in a hydrogen powered car but this tech has seemed to have stalled in recent years & there are only the grand total of 13 places to fill up with hydrogen in the whole of the UK! Looks like we are all being railroaded down the electric route whether we like it or not  

Yeah I’m with Colin above, bought my first and only diesel in 2016 and then discovered it was a diesel gate engine (never had it done though as I put the bluefin remap on it instead) but I vowed quite quickly it would be my first and only diesel after that knowing it was going to kill the market and diesel wouldn’t really recover (despite all the technological gains the manufacturers have made on them).

getting the 280 was a dream for me that I never seriously thought would happen but I’m glad it did. Knowing the U.K. government is hell bent on destroying the car industry as we know it and keeps moving the goalposts my plan is to keep my 2018 model going until around 2028/2029 and then try to buy one of the last 280/272/whatever the highest power petrol engine they’re still doing and run that as long as possible before switching to a totally impractical electric car and hope that by then there’s actually a decent range and charging infrastructure available plus the new pricing has to seriously drop too! I stretched myself paying £20k now and I can’t imagine how we are all expected to find double that for a bloody scalextrik car considering used ones of an affordable age will all have knackered batteries....

14 hours ago, SkudMissile21 said:

Yeah I’m with Colin above, bought my first and only diesel in 2016 and then discovered it was a diesel gate engine (never had it done though as I put the bluefin remap on it instead) but I vowed quite quickly it would be my first and only diesel after that knowing it was going to kill the market and diesel wouldn’t really recover (despite all the technological gains the manufacturers have made on them).

getting the 280 was a dream for me that I never seriously thought would happen but I’m glad it did. Knowing the U.K. government is hell bent on destroying the car industry as we know it and keeps moving the goalposts my plan is to keep my 2018 model going until around 2028/2029 and then try to buy one of the last 280/272/whatever the highest power petrol engine they’re still doing and run that as long as possible before switching to a totally impractical electric car and hope that by then there’s actually a decent range and charging infrastructure available plus the new pricing has to seriously drop too! I stretched myself paying £20k now and I can’t imagine how we are all expected to find double that for a bloody scalextrik car considering used ones of an affordable age will all have knackered batteries....

Yep & agreed.

My last S2 Superb Elegance 2ltr diesel 170CR was a diesel gate model which I did have done by my local Skoda dealer for free. This also helped a bit when I traded it in for the current 280.  

For about 2 mins I toyed with the idea of trading in my wife's 15 plate Fiat 500 for a new electric one - until I found out that the launch model was £29k. £29k for for an electric pocket sized city car when the more complicated ICE / Mild hybrid version costs £10k-£15k less - they must think we are stupid 

OK cheaper lesser spec electric models will be available starting at around £20k but a decent spec model will still be circa £25k for which other larger 4 door supermini's are available. I have never been, & will never be, a fashion victim or new trend early adopter so for now we will stick with the current Fiat 500 which we bought used a few years ago for £8k. This "opportunistic" pricing of electric cars seems to be the norm for most manufacturer's & my guess is that it's being used to promote the uptake of their overstocked ICE models as manufacturer's try to manage the switch over to all electric model ranges. I'm happy to wait & let prices settle down & better value used models come onto the market before I dip my toe into the world of electric cars.  

I would still buy a diesel if I was getting a new car as I tend to keep them for a long time.

If I was a car flipper, like I was when I was younger, it would be a tough decision.