The engine's answer
Best car for a couple doing motorway miles, under €60,000
Škoda Superb Combi
87% match
Limousine space, estate practicality.
Why it wins here
The dimensions where it beats the rest of the market by the most, for this question specifically.
- Use
- People
- Budget
Why it wins
Škoda Superb Combi costs €44,000 — €16,000 under the €60,000 ceiling — seats 5 and carries 690 L in the boot. Where it pulls furthest ahead of the field is use, people, budget. Overall: a 87% match for this question.
What's good
- Rear legroom beats cars costing twice as much.
- Diesel makes long motorway trips genuinely cheap.
What to watch
- Nearly 4.9 m long — tight in older car parks.
What came close
- Volkswagen Passat Variant86%The motorway estate, still very hard to fault.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - BMW 3 Series Touring85%The estate that still wants to be driven.
See listings on AutoScout24 See listings on mobile.de - Škoda Kodiaq83%Seven seats that adults tolerate.
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What the runners-up gave up
- Volkswagen Passat Variant (86%) lost mainly on comfort: 84/100 against 84/100 for the winner.
- BMW 3 Series Touring (85%) lost mainly on comfort: 84/100 against 84/100 for the winner.
- Škoda Kodiaq (83%) lost mainly on comfort: 80/100 against 84/100 for the winner.
Questions this answer covers
- Does Škoda Superb Combi fit under €60,000?
- Yes. At €44,000 it leaves €16,000 of headroom, and the budget was treated as a hard ceiling — nothing above it was allowed to win.
- How does it cope with motorway miles?
- On the measures that matter for motorway miles it scores 94/100 against a field average of 64/100, with 1,200 km between stops and running costs of about €210/mo a month.
- Is it the right size for a couple?
- It seats 5 and offers 690 L of boot space, which is what the ranking weighted most for a couple.
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