Hi!  Been lurking a little while but not posted.  Having had a Superb estate for four years from new, I just got myself a new iV PHEV Superb Estate, and I've never before bought the same car twice.

 

If anyone is unsure about this car I can say for my family it's really impressed us.  We just completed a trip to Austria and back and I was a little nervous about mpg, hoping for high thirties realistically, (fully loaded boot, four adults onboard plus a massive roofbox filled with four sets of boots and skis and other holiday essentials!).

 

I was really impressed with how the car manages it's power sources, even after the battery range has been depleted the energy recovery and smooth switching through the gearbox is masterful engineering.  Driving at around 140km/hour for about half the journey on autobahns, and between 100 and 130 in France, Belgium, Holland and Austria, the car returned 41.2 mpg.  I couldn't believe how good this is, as previously I owned a dreary Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV with a dumb 2 litre normally aspirated petrol engine - on the same trip at similar speeds it returned 24mpg.  It never went abroad again after that!  I'm happy to say this Skoda is fit for long trips in comfort and relative economy as well as serving my daily commute on nearly all battery.  If in doubt, don't worry, this is a great car!

Is that a petrol or diesel engine? I did a trip from Portugal to Paris in my 2.0 TDI estate, always respecting speed limits (2 adults + 2 children + full trunk + A/C on), and remember, for example, Bordeaux- Paris doing 65 mpg UK, which is awesome. I can sometimes get as much as 78 mpg UK  if only  driving outside the city on 50-90 km/h roads. This aspect of the car is a big plus. I have some quibbles with other aspects, but OK in general. 

This is the Superb iV PHEV, so the 1.4tsi petrol.  As most of my trips are nearly all electric it makes sense for me, do two or three big road trips a year, but the economy the rest of the time is excellent as we charge mostly on solar, timing charges between two cars (the other a VW ID3) when we're generating enough solar to cover it.  Our previous 4x4 2l TDI Superb did about 44mpg on the same trip, so very comparable.

(The massive roofbox does the most damage to mpg)