Skoda has loaded our 1.0 TSI SE L up with a long list of options that ruins the car’s value-for-money appeal. In its standard spec our car costs £20,385 on the road, but with the 14 options

Skoda’s first VW-backed model was the Octavia. Skoda’s highest-ever spend on a marketing campaign about £11 million in 1993 and 1994 to persuade potential U.K. customers to give the brand a chance. In the year 1995 sales of Skoda wasn’t that good but after that worldwide sale grew about 25 percent in 1996.

We know how good Volkswagen’s new Golf Mk7.5 is in downsized 1.0 TSI turbo petrol form because it won the Best Compact Family Car crown at our Skoda Fabia review. In-depth reviews. 5 Dec

For the former, both Skoda and VW are at par since the cars (Taigun/Kushaq, Slavia/Virtus, or even the Rapid/Vento of yesteryears) have almost everything in common mechanically. But when it comes to after-sales & service, VW has approx. 2.5-3 times the number of service centers in India as compared to Skoda (source Google).
For many, Skoda is the real hero brand within the VW Group, as it offers not just good value for money but, in some cases, cars that are on par, or even better, than their VW counterparts.
Just to be 100 per cent clear, VW Group owns Skoda, Seat and Audi among others and the Golf, Octavia, Leon and A3 all have the same bones. 4 In the match-up of Golf 8 v Octavia 4, the Skoda is
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