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Skoda's newest Superb joins the outgoing car as one of New Zealand's best-kept secrets. The brand's part of the VW family, which means impressive diesel powerplants and great build quality.
The Superb, better looking than its pictures suggest, adds an unusual double-hinged boot lid that sounds like a gimmick but works well.
Its conventional sedan boot opens for normal loads, but anything extra and an additional catch sees the rear screen lift as well to create a truly capacious opening.
As for the cabin, the already roomy rear's now bigger still. Forget basketball players, you could just about hold a party in there.
It's a shame the Skoda name still puts people off. Roomy, smart, loaded with goodies (nine airbags, parking sensors, touch-screen stereo and more) and costing less than 60 grand, this car is good value.
We are looking forward to see if its on-road performance is as excellent an experience of the outgoing car and as our showroom explorations have suggested.
