Skoda Octavia Hatchback

Skoda's load-lugger continues to put a smile on our faces, even after 17,568 miles

I might as well tear up my licence now. After 15 years of virtually blemish-free driving, my pristine permit is under threat as never before.

Skoda's vRS name has really come to mean something to fast car fans - and it's taken only six years

In this year's Auto Express Driver Power survey, 87 per cent of old-model Skoda Octavia owners said they would buy another

Times have certainly changed. A few years ago, you wouldn't have given Skoda's claim that it wanted to be a cheaper version of Volvo much credit. But …

It's a whole loada Skoda, and it Czechs the value-for-money box like no other! This is the new Octavia estate, due to go on sale early next year, and …

This is the all-new Octavia, and we've hit the road in one of the first cars in the country to find out.

It was the car that truly transformed Skoda, and the model that set the precedent for the company's amazing resurgence over the past five years. So it…