Czech contender poses a Superb challenge for rivals; Val Jessop tests the Skoda Superb 2.0 TD 140 6-speed saloon.(Features)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | March 4, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Val Jessop

SKODA'S Superb, aka Spaceship Enterprise, is out of this world when it comes to sheer cubic capacity.

The Czech-made car may not be the most handsome slab of metal on the high street or highway, but its portly figure is dignified and it has a gracious demeanour.

But it is the cavernous interior and equally enormous boot (25% bigger than in previous models) which gives the Superb another dimension and endows it with a huge advantage over close rivals such as the Ford Mondeo and Vauxhall Insignia.

The interior acreage is ...

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