New Skoda Superb: Hot Weather Testing

2009 Skoda Superb in Death Valley, USA

Press invited to Death Valley

By Frank de Leeuw van Weenen
November 7, 2007 3:19 PM
Filed Under: German, Skoda, Spy Photos

Press invited to Death Valley

There is no way to keep a new car hidden for long, and Skoda knows it. So, instead of letting us put the clues together like a connect-the-dots drawing, Skoda invited a select group of press representatives to take part in hot weather testing in the American Death Valley desert.

The journalists were presented with the next generation Skoda Superb powered by the 1.8 TSI/118 kW (160 bhp) engine and was only lightly camouflaged. One of the new technologies in the 2009 Skoda Superb is AFS (Adaptive Frontlight System) for the bi-xenon headlights. AFS has four modes of lighting, namely: Intercity (0-15km/h and 50-90km/h; regular dipped lights), City (15-50km/h; shorter but wider beam), Highway (90+km/h; wider and longer beam) and Rain (during low visibility; lower and wider beam).

Dr. Eckhard Scholz, Skoda Board of Directors said, “The New Superb is an exceptional car and brings a number of technical refinements and interesting solutions. That’s why we selected this untraditional form of presentation.” Further details will be revealed closer to the 2009 Skoda Superb world debut at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show next spring.

 

Source: Skoda Auto a.s.

Comments

smokeonit1
November 7, 2007 8:36 PM
looks very passat, why no interior shots??? was the photographer too lazy???

c-dub
November 8, 2007 7:15 PM
Skoda, in America?

graham
November 10, 2007 6:54 PM
They are testing it in the US, as all manufacturers test all over the world.

One of the interesting features of this car by the way is that the boot lid ( trunk ) can be opened as a hatchback, or just the boot lid as in a convential 3 box saloon ( passat etc )

Thats why the journalists invited to this test were not allowed to open the bootlid!

BlueMagic
November 14, 2007 5:27 AM
vw owns them (german owning other country again)

elsonlau
November 17, 2007 12:42 PM
Its gonna be based on the Volkswagen Passat underpinnings again.

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