Motorway mile muncher with radar cruise

[Shabaza]

Hi all,
With a new job role, my yearly mileage will be going up to 15-20k.
The company car on offer is electric and I really don't have time to hang around and wait at public chargers.
So the plan is to give it to the Mrs and take custody of her car.
It's a 2017 Skoda Octavia petrol but it's missing the bit I want. It doesn't have ACC aka adaptive/radar cruise control.

I want to replace it with something of similar size or bigger, but has to be auto with said radar cruise control.

Mpg doesn't matter within reason (35-40mpg+) as I can claim mileage back.
Needs to be ULEZ friendly

Budget is circa £6-8k

Other than a Passat of similar vintage, is there anything else anyone can recommend

Leggy RX450 SEL is even being considered

[shtu]

Depending on the car, £500ish may get adaptive cruise fitted, contact a few of the retrofit companies and see what they say.

[Earthdweller]

If the company is providing you with a vehicle to do your job why would they pay you mileage to use a different vehicle ?

[RayDonovan]

Can you claim mileage back against a car they don't provide?

[Shabaza]

shtu said:

Depending on the car, £500ish may get adaptive cruise fitted, contact a few of the retrofit companies and see what they say.

I have started looking into this, but also leaning towards something with a torqueier engine in a man maths sort of way

Earthdweller said:

If the company is providing you with a vehicle to do your job why would they pay you mileage to use a different vehicle ?

It's not a company car per say, it's a lease I can get for myself or family member. Perk of the job

[Caddyshack]

Be careful with radar cruise. The one on my Range Rover is brilliant BUT it locks on to cars and you slow down at times when you want to pull out and overtake. Some systems cancel the radar when you indicate to overtake but mine doesn’t. I wish it had 2 versions radar when happy to bimble and non radar when you want to bowl along at 70+ and not have it keep braking as you come up to cars.

[Phunk]

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

[SAS Tom]

Superb of a similar age?

I think all but S trim comes with ACC.

[ZX10R NIN]

Infiniti Q70 Premium Tech:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202408162...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403137...

If you want more grunt the the 3.0d EX is ULEZ compliant & comes with ACC:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202410095...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411076...

Q50 Sport Tech:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411276...

[s1962a]

The BMW "driving assistant professional" works really well, and you can get it on a variety of models, electric or fuel powered. It auto steers for you as well as follows the car in front / keeps in lane, and also works for city driving too (obviously it's more of an assistant rather than full autonomous driving).

[RayDonovan]

Slightly biased, but a decent spec Superb SE-L would do the trick.

[Skodillac]

Phunk said:

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

My 2022 (72 reg) Skoda Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE does not have it.

[Phunk]

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

My 2022 (72 reg) Skoda Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE does not have it.

Odd, my 2016 Superb SE did

[stevemcs]

My Superb has it, it’s great in slow moving traffic and that’s about it. It doesn’t brake if there is a parked car, occasionally decides to flash the red emergency warning then brakes hard on other occasions. I tend to sit with my foot hovering over the brake pedal.

[Jag_NE]

Too important too wait for a charge but my budget is 6-8k lol

[Skodillac]

Phunk said:

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

My 2022 (72 reg) Skoda Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE does not have it.

Odd, my 2016 Superb SE did

I think they probably downgraded SE spec when they introduced SE-L in 2019. I doubt S spec models have it either.

[RayDonovan]

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

My 2022 (72 reg) Skoda Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE does not have it.

Odd, my 2016 Superb SE did

I think they probably downgraded SE spec when they introduced SE-L in 2019. I doubt S spec models have it either.

I had a SE-L model in 2015 (new shape)

[Skodillac]

RayDonovan said:

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skodillac said:

Phunk said:

Skoda Superb from 2016ish had it as standard

My 2022 (72 reg) Skoda Superb 1.5 TSI DSG SE does not have it.

Odd, my 2016 Superb SE did

I think they probably downgraded SE spec when they introduced SE-L in 2019. I doubt S spec models have it either.

I had a SE-L model in 2015 (new shape)

Looking at Autotrader listings more closely, there seem to be at least 8 different flavours of SE on the market - the oldest one listed as just 'SE-L' rather than 'SE-L Executive' or something is a 2019 car.

Either way, I was just pointing out that this feature isn't standard on all Superbs from 2016. I know this because I've got a 72 reg SE without it. So if OP is interested in a Superb, and wants this feature, he'll have to check.

Edited by Skodillac on Friday 6th December 09:28

[Shabaza]

Jag_NE said:

Too important too wait for a charge but my budget is 6-8k lol

What a retarded comment, well done for jumping to conclusions

[Shabaza]

Cheers gentleman.
I do quite fancy a Superb, have had a 2019 model in the past, it will be a tossup between a passat and a superb most likely.
I just cant get on with the Infinity styling for some reason, even the interior