Skoda NZ general manager Rodney Gillard will next week meet with senior police officials over the choice of the Superb station wagon as the force’s main patrol vehicle. “They haven’t told me exactly what the meeting is about, only that they want to get together,” said Gillard. The Superb, the Czech carmaker’s premium model, will replace the long-time Holden Commodore range … [Read more...] about Skoda Superb police vehicles run Volkswagen Golf GTi engines
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Skoda Superb: time’s on its side for Car of the Year award
Time for the Car of the Year award – the 2016 gong, not 2017. I figured back in December that I would put off naming the 2016 winner until January. January sort of came and went. So did February and March. Now it’s April. So to honour the international procrastinators’ motto – ‘Never put off till tomorrow what can be done the day after tomorrow just as well’ – I’ll fall into … [Read more...] about Skoda Superb: time’s on its side for Car of the Year award
New Skoda Superb: it’s all about room with a view of the future
There is no car on the New Zealand market that can compete with the generous interior room of the Skoda Superb, certainly not for a starting price of $43,900. The sedan and wagon are all about space. Now comes the all-new Superb with even more room – and if Skoda NZ general manager Greg Leet gets his way, the price/roominess ratio will get even better. The … [Read more...] about New Skoda Superb: it’s all about room with a view of the future
Sleek with a slick new identity: the 2015 Skoda Superb
Skoda has given the third-generation Superb sedan a slick new identity, courtesy of the Volkswagen Group’s design department. And it starts with a major overhaul of the front end, for many years dominated by an in-your-face signature grille that has always dated the Skoda range. Camouflaged spy images of the new Superb – due in New Zealand late next year – have been … [Read more...] about Sleek with a slick new identity: the 2015 Skoda Superb