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Skoda Octavia Mk 2 review (2005-2013)

Even now, 20 years after the Volkswagen Group’s acquisition of Skoda, the Octavia looked down upon because of its badge. Yet this is also a...
Published 11 March 2014
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Skoda Octavia Mk 3 review (2013-on)

Forget badge snobbery – the new, third-generation Skoda Octavia is quite simply one of the best family cars money can buy, full stop.
Published 11 March 2014
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Skoda Fabia Mk 2 review (2007-2014)

A Czech-built cousin of the VW Polo and Seat Ibiza, the Fabia is a no-nonsense supermini offered as a five-door hatchback and mini-estate.
Published 11 March 2014
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Top 10 family and estate cars

An estate car is never going to attract a crowd of onlookers. A brown saloon will never turn another driver’s head.
Published 03 March 2014
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Top 10 city cars

The city car's roots lie in the Minis and Fiat 500s of the Sixties, driven by youngsters to jazz clubs and “happenings” down London’s...
Published 03 March 2014
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Geneva show: Skoda previews new Liftback with VisionC...

FOR PEOPLE of a certain age the words “Skoda” and “coupé” conjure up images of the late but unlamented, rear-drive Estelle coupé but next...
Published 27 February 2014
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Geneva show: Skoda unveils “go-anywhere” Octavia...

IT CAN'T light a fire with two sticks or help old ladies cross the road, but with its high ground clearance and four-wheel drive system, the Skoda...
Published 11 February 2014
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ConfUSED: What else besides a small Peugeot for £2,000?

I have finally scrapped my elderly Peugeot 205 XS and would like to replace it with a car that is just as reliable and cheap to run.
Published 04 November 2013
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Top-spec new cars that become used-car bargains

THERE ARE people alive today for whom the letters VP are like a knife through the heart.
Published 06 September 2013