Already 7 years old, the current Skoda Superb won’t be around for long. It will be replaced in 2023 by a brand new generation of which we are already offering you a first illustration. Portrait.

Presented in February 2015 (in May of the same year for the Combi break), and restyled in May 2019, the current and third generation of Skoda Superb is almost at the end of its commercial career. The next version is expected next year, the date having been confirmed around mid-2021 by the brand during a press conference attended by our colleagues from the Slovak media startstop. It will no longer be produced in Kvasiny in the Czech Republic but precisely in Slovakia, in Bratislava, alongside the next Passat which will only exist in break (the sedan disappearing this summer). We are already able to offer you a first illustration based on the information and diagrams shared by Petr Matusinec, head of exterior design at the Czech manufacturer, on the occasion of the said conference.

A stylistic evolution, not a revolution
And, as you’d expect from a brand like Skoda, the design of the next Superb should be more of a big evolution of the current model than a revolution. The octagonal grille will grow, widen and bite amply on the shield. The lights should be more tapered. The lines should be more fluid than currently with less marked strokes. Obviously, we should find the name of the manufacturer written in full on the trunk, it is one of his new habits. The sedan should still grow (it currently measures 4.86 m), just to mark a difference always with the last Octavia which, too, has gained a few centimeters (+ 3 cm, 4.70 m) passing from one generation to the other. The rear overhang will be stretched, which should benefit the volume of the trunk, the sedan now setting the benchmark in the category on this point.

The Superb, an undeniable success
On the technical side, there will be no major modification here either. It should always be based on the same MQB platform. Electrification will be there with at least one plug-in hybrid engine, maybe more, in addition to gasoline and diesel. It could only be offered with automatic transmission, like the future Passat. Unlike the latter, there is no question of abandoning one of its 2 bodies. The Combi station wagon will be renewed, as will the sedan, Skoda being one of the few brands to still sell them. The Octavia was Skoda’s best seller in Europe in 2021, and by far with 143,268 copies sold, compared to 87,664 for the Fabia, 2nd. As for the Superb, its sales have increased from generation to generation, breaking a record in 2016 with 85,879 units. It’s been a little worse in recent years (59,925 sales in 2020, 45,683 in 2021) but, between the health crisis, the shortage of materials as well as the boom in SUVs and electrified models, it is doing more than defending itself. .