Now that petrol cars aren’t dead, the Škoda Fabia is an excellent choice for a small car Car Reviewed: Škoda Fabia Monte Carlo 1.5 TSI 150 PS DSG During a week-long test drive around Bournemouth, the Fabia proved to be a delightful small car. Its nippy acceleration, reaching 0-62 mph in just eight seconds, matches that of the first-generation Golf …
Škoda’s smallest SUV, the Kamiq, would be the right size for many and in Monte Carlo trim; it’s the sportiest in the range Car Reviewed: Skoda Kamiq Monte Carlo 1.5 TSI 150 PS This model is for buyers who want a sporty-looking, more engaging to drive Kamiq. This model has many distinctive styling elements, including a panoramic sunroof, gloss black …
Is the need for speed taking a back seat? Car Reviewed: Škoda Enyaq iV vRS On the road, the coupe is an exciting, refined, smooth-driving car with 299PS, 0-62mph of 6.4s and a top speed of 111mph. However, the performance is slightly underwhelming for the vRS, a tradition for sporting Skodas. However, it does probably feel slower than it actually …
Despite it all, you have to love the Škoda Fabia Car Model Reviewed: Škoda Fabia SE L 1.0 TSI 110 PS DSG And yet, and yet… I loved every minute of my week with the SE L 1.0 TSI DSG version that just came to us on test. It was a pleasure to use and drive every day. I drove …
The flagship of the ICE-powered model range, the Škoda Superb has long been considered the ‘gold standard to judge all other family cars by, and with good reason. Performance enthusiasts will no doubt note that there is no vRS model available – for that, you’ll need to look at the Superb’s smaller stablemate, the Skoda Octavia – but there is …
“Is this the complete nanny state car?” asked my older daughter when I was driving her in the new Škoda Enyaq. “Have you seen all these messages mothering us?” The Škoda Enyaq didn’t annoy me that much, but its know-all self-righteousness did certainly get on my nerves, especially when its autosteer system so forcefully corrected my lines on corners that it …
It’s always good to test out the unusual, somewhat ‘extreme’ scenarios when having a press car for a week, as it allows a complete insight into the extent of a car’s capabilities. Well, I can safely check that box when it comes to my time with the Superb SE L estate. Originally, I had a Karoq booked, which had to …
Can it really be 20 years? It doesn’t feel possible that a fifth of a century has fled away since that unforgettable moment when a Škoda Octavia vRS first came my way. In the case of the Škoda vRS, we had been given a degree of advance warning in the excellence of the standard Octavia, which Škoda started producing on …
You know you’ve got a very special car under your hands when you watch the young man in the boy racer car eyeing up your wheels – rubber necking even That means not only do you have the performance bit from the first three letters, but the iV hatch identifies this vehicle as one of Škoda’s electrified models – a …
One word sums up the new Škoda Octavia : “Superb”. For a start, this sure is one big mother of a car. Going back to 1996, the original Octavia was a medium-size family liftback or estate that stood somewhere between a Golf and a Passat in its dimensions. This Octavia looks as big as a Mondeo (RIP). The loadspace in …