What's Better for the Snow: A FWD Model with Winter Tires or an AWD Model with Regular Tires?

It's a question asked by many automobile owners living in a number of regions around the world with harsh winters and lots of snow; would you be better off with a front-wheel drive (FWD) model fitted with winter tires that you can swap once the weather warms up, or an all-wheel drive (AWD) vehicle with regular rubber? Read more »

Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi RS is a Family Man's Golf GTI

Don’t let those tiny wheels with the low-cost hub caps fool you; what you see here is the Combi variant of the new generation of the Skoda Octavia RS (labeled the vRS in Britain), the sedan, or rather liftback version of which, we saw through a series of leaked screenshots from an online car configurator in December. Read more »

Updated sedan and wagon Skoda Superb

The original machine with an unusual body type - sedanohetchbek Skoda Superb - launched in 2008. It seems that is not the time to change the generation, but restyled model do not hurt. After all, the car should better match the new style of the brand, manifested in the recent models like Octavia and Rapid. And let the
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Drive-Test Skoda Rapid

Not believe my eyes - the scraper against the ice and snow sat on the inside of the tank flap! Numerous containers for small items in the cabin, the tray under the driver seat to store emergency vest, two-way floor in the trunk, not only pockets on backside of the front seats, but also on their end ... And that's not all.
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Spy Shots: New Skoda Octavia Combi Caught on Public Roads

There's really no point in trying to hide the styling elements of the new generation of the Skoda Octavia Combi since the liftback version has already been formally introduced and we've even seen the station wagon without camouflage (albeit from a distance), however, the Czech carmaker continues to circulate lightly masked prototypes like this one, nabbed earlier in the week. Read more »

Skoda Prices All-New Octavia from £15,990 in the UK

About a month after Skoda began series production of the new Octavia Mk3, the Czech automaker opened the order books in the UK with deliveries to begin on March 16.

The new generation of the Octavia starts from £15,990 for the base 1.2-liter TSI petrol model, with prices rising to £23,240 for the range-topping 2.0-litreTDI diesel connected to a dual clutch DSG transmission.

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