Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Handled it like a pro by all accounts.

Internal car dimensions, do they exist? Do manufacturers / retailers publish them? We’re in the market for a new family motor and want maximum indoor space. But comparison is tricky when the best I can find is boot size. Cheers.

I found it infuriating last time I had to look for dimensions. Sadly not very helpful.

That’s good to know anyway, it’s not just me struggling.

You get the differential, in liters with rear seats down. That is about it.

Estates (from our shortlist anyway) apparently larger than SUVs (S), so if external dimensions have any baring on internal size, we're leaning towards a Passat or Octavia.

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Passat is nicer Fwiw. Boot is very ample.

I think that there is more rear leg room in the Superb, which is where the extra room when seats are down comes from.

love this, SUVs can fuck off, @NurseHolliday and I have Skoda estates, mine is much MUCH shitter one (Fabia estate 1.0 2012)

I've had a Mondeo, a Passat and now a Superb. I think my order of preference is

Superb > Mondeo > Passat

Having been in a superb, I definitely enjoyed how roomy it was compared to my 3 series.

The chassis for the early 2000s Skoda Superb was shipped in from China,
where it was the basis for the 'L', (extra 4 inches of rear leg room),
for the SAIC/VW Santana:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group_B_platform#B5_(PL45)

How does it compare to a honda accord? They are massive but usually diesel

Ford learnt loads from owning Volvo to make the Mondeo really good but not as good as the xtype estates

We had Superbes as Catford Team cars years ago and superbe they are
https://www.instagram.com/p/5C0B3QIcaH/

fully loaded with 2 x gazebos, 10 x chairs, 7 x turbo trainers, 1 x table, 1 x water butt, 2 x crates of drink bottles, 2 x kitbags, 7 x riser blocks, 1 x camera bag, and a track pump :-D plus three bikes and seven wheels

I'd love a Superb with Catford cc branding !

Catford cc Superb

Would drive

all are shit compared to a Berlingo

@platypus, you're not bloody wrong! Spready duly updated

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TBF, the Berlingo is a van, and will drive like one.

Fair. Mrs z not keen either.

VW Touran?

VW Touran

the mid-noughties mummy wagon before SUVs took over. still think they are pretty great

Surley the ford smax too, if space is the requirement.

I mean they're basically an enlarged Golf where someones forgotten to drag the corner of the box to maintain scale

I was looking at one the other day thinking it might not be a bad replacement when our Golf dies. It looked extremely modest compared to the tanks in our nursery car park.

Is there a year that had a sliding door for extra practicality?