I’ve got a 2015 which I’ve had from new. It’s one of the best cars I’ve ever owned. Mine is the 184bhp with a DSG 6 speed and it’s just a great car. Good for day to day and fab when the roads get tricky. Intend to keep it till it dies as it’s just so good and it would cost me a lot to replace it with a car as good. The only downside is the residuals bombed with the whole VW diesel gate so much so that when it came to the end of my 0% PCP they wanted me to put 8k into a new deal for a new version. At that point I simply said no and coughed up the difference. It’s a great car though and I’m betting if you can find a low mileage 2015 plate you’ll get a bargain if you are looking for a practical family car with the sure footed 4x4 capability the scout gives you.
I have just bought a new scout 16 plate this is my second scout and would not look for anything else,its a fantastic car and very spacious my large black lab has loads of room in the back , we go to Scotland regularly and this car deals with all weathers no problem . it's comfortable to drive for long distances . good value for money
We have a 2.0 litre Diesel with the 6M in Australia. It’s a great car. Excellent fuel economy balanced with more than adequate power. I love the way it drives, very good handling with comfortable seats. It’s bigger than a VW Golf Alltrack and smaller than the VW Passat, so there’s plenty of room for a weeks getaway. My only criticism is , for an off roader, it needs more ground clearance, but that may have a negative effect on handling.
We've got one and love it. It is exactly as you described it. Lucky to get one here in Australia before they stopped importing them. SUVs sell more apparently.
Can anyone tell me how this compares with the Audi allroad? Obviously the Audi is a little larger and has air suspension. Just wondering what peoples experiences are?
Very recently bought a 2010 version of this car,(2nd hand of course) a 1.8 Petrol version (160 bhp as standard)......absolutely delighted with it . I see that a 1.8 Petrol version is once again available on the Continent, come on Skoda UK import that version also please(or make a 2.0 litre version)
I bought a used 2011 version of the same car. Interestingly, my oil pressure warning light comes on sometimes at stops or low speeds. No one can figure out why. Do you have this same problem?
Seriously considering replacing my Octavia RS with a Scout so I can go further off the beaten track such a rough(ish) dirt roads and snow and perhaps drive deeper into outback areas.
Even the Scout isn't a real offroad. If you want a real offroad get a Ssangyong Rexton or a Subaru offroad or something in that range. But you'll lose on the handling. If it's just rough roads get another car with DCC suspensions. I live in the mountains never had once the need for 4x4 and I could move around many roads usually only taken by tractors. In my opinion offroads and 4x4 are great only if you go where there's no track or really messed up roads. Or if you have a high performance sports car. So unless you're planning on going in the middle of Africa, the Russian or American wilderness you're throwing your money into a marketing gimmick. You'll pay more for the 4x4 function, pay more for maintenance, pay more for fuel for an advantage that you might never need. I've been driving more than 40kkm for more than 15 years in all kind of conditions and several countries I never needed once 4x4. More important than 4x4 are good tires adapted to the conditions. Just my 2c you're free to do whatever you want :)...
I have one for sale if anyone is interested , 64 plate uk based in south yorkshire 61000 on clock and full skoda service history ! same colour as this , a lovey motor just wanting something smaller as i have no need for the size !!
Octavia is a great all-rounder, but the plastic below the wheel, at the height of your knee is a shame. After a few miles it hurts my leg, because my knee touch this hard plastic, not the soft one, few centimeters up. Skoda needs a less wide center console or keep the soft plastic through the whole console. But it's not a general problem, depends on your height/length of your leg and your favorite driving position. The other minor issue is noise isolation. With diesel engines Octavia is not the quietest car during acceleration, a gasoline turbo is much quieter. But anyway this is a very-very good, practical (and boring :-)) car.
How many people actually take their 4x4s properly off-road? Very few even pull off onto the verge when I pass them on a country lane. 4x4 on a family estate makes a lot of sense for those likely to encounter slightly rougher conditions like harsh winters in rural areas or rocky farm tracks for example where I live in the North Yorkshire Moors.
Cool and probably excellent family all-rounder car but, I would never ever buy a diesel because they are terrible for mother nature (amount and nature of exhaust gases but also free radicals that are not absorbed or destroyed by catalytic converters) ... hence I would never buy a Octavia Scout.
+Abraham Farrell wrong, I make efforts on many fronts like converting my whole flat on LED lights or changing my boiler and increasing insulation during my last year refurbishment... living in city centre and in a flat I can't install solar power overwise I would have.
+Andrinho97 CO2 is not the only bad thing. CO2 is responsible for climate change but NO2 is toxic and is responsible for the increase in numbers of allergic people and makes allergy symptoms much stronger etc etc. Free radicals cause generic mutations and cancers etc but will disappear really fast as they will have chemically reacted with anything that is in front of an exhaust pipe within a fraction of a second.
The octavia scout is a excelent car i have a vw golf ots my first vw car . But with a gran child my dauther and wife plus my wifes walking aid and a push chair for the child my golf is to small . Of i had the money in the morning I would be off to the uk to bring home to Ireland a good second hand skoda scout car proplem from fords of winsford dealers Well some day with the help of God i will be able to buy one.
I’ve got a 2015 which I’ve had from new. It’s one of the best cars I’ve ever owned. Mine is the 184bhp with a DSG 6 speed and it’s just a great car. Good for day to day and fab when the roads get tricky. Intend to keep it till it dies as it’s just so good and it would cost me a lot to replace it with a car as good. The only downside is the residuals bombed with the whole VW diesel gate so much so that when it came to the end of my 0% PCP they wanted me to put 8k into a new deal for a new version. At that point I simply said no and coughed up the difference. It’s a great car though and I’m betting if you can find a low mileage 2015 plate you’ll get a bargain if you are looking for a practical family car with the sure footed 4x4 capability the scout gives you.
I have just bought a new scout 16 plate this is my second scout and would not look for anything else,its a fantastic car and very spacious my large black lab has loads of room in the back , we go to Scotland regularly and this car deals with all weathers no problem . it's comfortable to drive for long distances . good value for money
I know this is an old post but I'm just wondering if your opinion of the scout has changed over the years? Did you have any issues with it?
We have a 2.0 litre Diesel with the 6M in Australia.
It’s a great car. Excellent fuel economy balanced with more than adequate power.
I love the way it drives, very good handling with comfortable seats.
It’s bigger than a VW Golf Alltrack and smaller than the VW Passat, so there’s plenty of room for a weeks getaway.
My only criticism is , for an off roader, it needs more ground clearance, but that may have a negative effect on handling.
We've got one and love it. It is exactly as you described it.
Lucky to get one here in Australia before they stopped importing them. SUVs sell more apparently.
I know someone who brought a Used 15 Reg one and Is very pleased with It
The interior of that example is really deeeeeerty!
Can anyone tell me how this compares with the Audi allroad? Obviously the Audi is a little larger and has air suspension. Just wondering what peoples experiences are?
Very recently bought a 2010 version of this car,(2nd hand of course) a 1.8 Petrol version (160 bhp as standard)......absolutely delighted with it . I see that a 1.8 Petrol version is once again available on the Continent, come on Skoda UK import that version also please(or make a 2.0 litre version)
I bought a used 2011 version of the same car. Interestingly, my oil pressure warning light comes on sometimes at stops or low speeds. No one can figure out why. Do you have this same problem?
Anyone got one with the auto gear box
al least you could clean it
When will you make a Skoda Superb Scout review?
The economy figures are correct for the 1.6TDI VW Golf/Skoda engine.........not the 2.0TDI on a 4x4
Seriously considering replacing my Octavia RS with a Scout so I can go further off the beaten track such a rough(ish) dirt roads and snow and perhaps drive deeper into outback areas.
Even the Scout isn't a real offroad. If you want a real offroad get a Ssangyong Rexton or a Subaru offroad or something in that range.
But you'll lose on the handling.
If it's just rough roads get another car with DCC suspensions.
I live in the mountains never had once the need for 4x4 and I could move around many roads usually only taken by tractors.
In my opinion offroads and 4x4 are great only if you go where there's no track or really messed up roads. Or if you have a high performance sports car.
So unless you're planning on going in the middle of Africa, the Russian or American wilderness you're throwing your money into a marketing gimmick.
You'll pay more for the 4x4 function, pay more for maintenance, pay more for fuel for an advantage that you might never need.
I've been driving more than 40kkm for more than 15 years in all kind of conditions and several countries I never needed once 4x4.
More important than 4x4 are good tires adapted to the conditions.
Just my 2c you're free to do whatever you want :)...
Victortrotska what about pulling caravans?
Hoogstraten towing is totally fine, as long as you use roads and dont tow offroad!
well, a scouse in a scout. did he steal it? is the radio still in it?
Alan Akeister tool
I have one for sale if anyone is interested , 64 plate uk based in south yorkshire 61000 on clock and full skoda service history ! same colour as this , a lovey motor just wanting something smaller as i have no need for the size !!
Octavia is a great all-rounder, but the plastic below the wheel, at the height of your knee is a shame. After a few miles it hurts my leg, because my knee touch this hard plastic, not the soft one, few centimeters up.
Skoda needs a less wide center console or keep the soft plastic through the whole console. But it's not a general problem, depends on your height/length of your leg and your favorite driving position.
The other minor issue is noise isolation. With diesel engines Octavia is not the quietest car during acceleration, a gasoline turbo is much quieter.
But anyway this is a very-very good, practical (and boring :-)) car.
subaru legacy beats it...
If this skoda can't go off road then it is pretty pointless, great review though.
How many people actually take their 4x4s properly off-road? Very few even pull off onto the verge when I pass them on a country lane. 4x4 on a family estate makes a lot of sense for those likely to encounter slightly rougher conditions like harsh winters in rural areas or rocky farm tracks for example where I live in the North Yorkshire Moors.
@@ThePookaHarvey And if you want to launch a boat off a beach, or just a slippery slipway.
Car looks like Early 2000's
But its a VW...VW - Very Worst.
Cool and probably excellent family all-rounder car but, I would never ever buy a diesel because they are terrible for mother nature (amount and nature of exhaust gases but also free radicals that are not absorbed or destroyed by catalytic converters) ... hence I would never buy a Octavia Scout.
aren't diesel motors better than petrol motors when we ask ourselves who produce more CO2?
Our modern living is worse for the environment but we won't give it up, so we just blame things like diesel vehicles instead.
+Abraham Farrell wrong, I make efforts on many fronts like converting my whole flat on LED lights or changing my boiler and increasing insulation during my last year refurbishment... living in city centre and in a flat I can't install solar power overwise I would have.
+Andrinho97 CO2 is not the only bad thing. CO2 is responsible for climate change but NO2 is toxic and is responsible for the increase in numbers of allergic people and makes allergy symptoms much stronger etc etc. Free radicals cause generic mutations and cancers etc but will disappear really fast as they will have chemically reacted with anything that is in front of an exhaust pipe within a fraction of a second.
+Photoandcargeek so, petrol engines are better than diesel in sense of producing NO2?
The octavia scout is a excelent car i have a vw golf ots my first vw car . But with a gran child my dauther and wife plus my wifes walking aid and a push chair for the child my golf is to small .
Of i had the money in the morning
I would be off to the uk to bring home to Ireland a good second hand skoda scout car proplem from fords of winsford dealers
Well some day with the help of God i will be able to buy one.