Skoda Reviews

Wednesday 29 August 2007

The Skoda Octavia estate has long occupied an unusual but fairly lucrative niche. Bigger than something like a Focus estate but not quite as big as a Mondeo wagon, it’s been a popular choice amongst t

Wednesday 9 May 2007

Skoda’s Superb drew a few barely suppressed chuckles of mirth when it was first announced but those cynics were soon left coming to terms with the fact that the Superb was, well, really rather good. B

Tuesday 10 April 2007

If anything is going to betray a person’s lack of automotive knowledge, it’s making tired old Skoda jokes. The Czech company, owned by VW, now produces some of the best-built small cars around, and th

Monday 24 April 2006

The Skoda brand has been rehabilitated. These days it’s rare to find people cracking jokes about Skodas, as most know that they are seriously well built cars and the latest Octavia model is one that t

Monday 31 October 2005

Skoda’s original Octavia was always a rather appealing car but the estate versions have always seemed to make a little bit more sense. For a start, they’re a little more elegantly proportioned than th

Monday 31 October 2005

What’s the best way to rumble someone who knows nothing about cars? Wait until they crack a joke about Skodas. Whereas once Skodas were a byword for automotive catastrophe, these days buying a Skoda m

Monday 31 October 2005

You have to admire Skoda. As one of the world's oldest car companies, they've survived two World Wars, a communist dictatorship, an invasion or two and, worst of all, the darker side of the English se

Monday 31 October 2005

If budget is everything in your search for a family hatchback, then it's to Eastern Europe that you must turn. Which needn't necessarily be a bad thing thanks to Skoda. The Favorit was the Czech maker