Best Large Car under $60,000: Skoda Superb 125 TDI Ambition

[dArK5HaD0w]

the superb has done it again.....this time at the 2010 Australia's Best Car Awards

more info here.

[CanberravRS]

Superb news! Although my model is fractionally different, i can understand why it won.

Certainly worth cheering about.

[Jake02]

Couldn't agree more, good work guys! I still question the Jetta winning best medium car though...

[BlackOctaviaRS]

Couldn't agree more, good work guys! I still question the Jetta winning best medium car though...

After reading through the results for the under $50k medium car category, the Jetta only won because of higher handling, smoothness and ride scores. It also scored better for standard features. The other reason the Jetta scored better and won was because of it's diesel engine being both efficient and having good performance.

This category is historically fiercly competitive, and this can be seen in the results - there really wasn't much between the top 5 or 6 cars.

I wonder how the results would have looked if they'd taken the Jetta 147TSI and RS TSI into account as well....

[Bizi]

Cool, Jetta wins again!

[CanberravRS]

Winners 2010: Australia's Best Cars

The actual reasons why it won

[K1W1]

Hopefully the above average weighing for depreciation will start to decrease with a few more wins like this.

[CanberravRS]

I remember my first Skoda was claimed by my lease company to be a bad financial move, as it wont hold its value... And as the popularity grew and name for the Octavia vRS became a strong one, the value increased. I noticed for 18 months Redbook didnt change the price, which generally is the indicator that the market has accepted the vehicles core values.
I'm not concerned as the value of vehicles will be shown in good time.

And K1W1 your dead on mate with the weighting in the reviews around the Superb are just getting stronger in its favour.

[PassatB6]

Cannot believe the i30 beat the Golf 118TSI

[Brendan_A]

Cool, Jetta wins again!

+1 to that.

[aslsw]

I hate that old argument about depreciation/resale value. A car is owned for many reasons, but unless it's a purely business vehicle I don't think the value at the end of ownership is all there is.

I bought the car to own and drive TODAY, and that pleasure has a value to me which I think is worth more than any potential loss when the lease runs out. In other words, I love it every time I get in it. I could have bought a Ford or Holden for better resale value, but wouldn't feel the same every day between purchase and disposal.

[anthony]

The Jetta has been a winner over and over,for almost 5 years now.

[K1W1]

I hate that old argument about depreciation/resale value.

I only mentioned it because it is something that many private buyers do consider and the question about resale has been asked here on more than one accasion.

[bobski]

Agree with you CanberravRS, Skoda's resale value equation is not a problem anymore. Its not a flooded market, so people who know the name don't have much to choose from. The more it becomes known for quality like the Superb the better