Hi Guys,

Being a traditionally tight Yorkshireman and proud of it, I am looking into exactly what my next choice of company car will cost me.

I'm a Skoda fan in general, and I am currently driving a Vrs Tdi Estate. We all think of Skoda's as being good value, compared to other VAG members....but are they a good choice for the company car driver in terms of BIK company car tax???? Here's some food for thought.

For me, I do about 17K private miles per year, so I opt for fuel benefit to be included. I have just been comparing the the actual amount of BIK tax I will be paying and the results surprised me!! These result are for base spec cars (not even including metalic), full value at %40 income tax.

Audi A3 Sportback 170 S-Line Quattro £275/month £3300/year £9900 over 3 years of ownership

Skoda Octavia Vrs Estate £274/month £3299/year £9897 over 3 years

Skoda Octavia Vrs Hatch £256/month £3075/year £9225 over 3 years

Skoda Octavia Eleg Estate £241/month £2,888/year £8664 over 3 years

Audi A3 Sportback 170 S-Line £239/month £2869/year £8607 over 3 years

Skoda Octavia Eleg Hatch £234/month £2816/year £8448 over 3 years

Audi A3 Sportback 140 S-Line £169/month £2024/year £6072 over 3 years.

It all comes down to the emissions figures. However, just picture this....choosing an Audi A3 Sportback S-Line spec, would save you nearly £64/month, about £800/year or a whopping £2370 over a 3 years of ownership as a company car when compared to an Octavia Elegence hatchback.

Here's a few more including other cars to put this into a wider context (appologies that some of the column may be out of line)

Freelander 4x4 E Sport LE Man £387 £4,640 £13,920

Superb Estate 140 Eleg DSG £363 £4,352 £13,056

Superb Hatch 140 Eleg DSG £352 £4,227 £12,681

Superb Estate 170 Eleg 4x4 Man £343 £4,120 £12,360

Superb Estate 140 SE DSG £341 £4,094 £12,282

Accord Estate Type S Man £337 £4,044 £12,132

Superb Hatch 170 Eleg 4x4 Man £333 £4,004 £12,012

Superb Hatch 140 SE DSG £330 £3,969 £11,907

Superb Estate 170 Eleg DSG £329 £3,934 £11,802

Superb Estate 170 SE 4x4 Man £324 £3,882 £11,646

A4 Avant SE 170 Quat Man £319 £3,831 £11,493

Superb Hatch 140 S DSG £313 £3,762 £11,286

Superb Hatch 170 SE 4x4 Man £312 £3,750 £11,250

Superb Estate 140 Eleg Man £311 £3,752 £11,256

Superb Estate 170 SE DSG £308 £3,706 £11,118

Superb Hatch 170 Eleg DSG £304 £3,657 £10,971

Superb Estate 170 Eleg Man £304 £3,650 £10,950

Accord Saloon Ex Gt Man £304 £3,652 £10,956

Superb Estate 140 SE Man £292 £3,504 £10,512

Superb Hatch 140 Eleg Man £288 £3,464 £10,392

Superb Hatch 170 SE DSG £288 £3,455 £10,365

Yeti 4x4 170 Eleg 4x4 Man £288 £3,461 £10,383

Superb Estate 170 SE Man £286 £3,432 £10,296

Superb Hatch 170 Eleg Man £282 £3,384 £10,152

Yeti 4x4 140 Eleg 4x4 Man £282 £3,389 £10,167

Mazda6 Estate 2.2.Sports Lux Man £282 £3,388 £10,164

A4 Avant SE 170 Man £280 £3,360 £10,080

Audi A3 Sprtback 170 Quattro S-Line Manual £275 £3,300 £9,900

Octavia Estate Vrs Man £274 £3,299 £9,897

Passatt Estate 170 Hi Line Plus Man £273 £3,274 £9,822

Superb Hatch 140 SE Man £270 £3,246 £9,738

Insignia Estate 160 Elite Nav Man £270 £3,245 £9,735

Yeti 4x4 140 SE 4x4 Man £267 £3,213 £9,639

Superb Hatch 170 SE Man £264 £3,176 £9,528

A4 Avant SE 143 Man £259 £3,111 £9,333

Mazda6 5dr 2.2 Sport Man £257 £3,087 £9,261

Superb Hatch 140 S Man £256 £3,071 £9,213

Octavia Hatch Vrs Man £256 £3,075 £9,225

X1 4x4 sDrive 20d SE 4x4 Man £249 £2,998 £8,994

Mazda6 Estate 2.2 TS2 Man £248 £2,986 £8,958

Passatt Estate Blue 140 Hiline Plus Man £245 £2,942 £8,826

Mazda6 5dr 2.2 TS2 Man £244 £2,932 £8,796

Octavia Estate Eleg Man £241 £2,888 £8,664

Audi A3 Sprtback 170 S-Line Manual £239 £2,869 £8,607

Octavia Hatch Eleg Man £234 £2,816 £8,448

Octavia Estate SE Man £233 £2,802 £8,406

Octavia Hatch SE Man £227 £2,730 £8,190

Audi A3 Sprtback 140 S-Line Manual £169 £2,024 £6,072

Edited 7 January, 201016 yr by grobster

For those who like to do their own number crunching to see where their money is going this may help!

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Edited 7 January, 201016 yr by grobster

For me, I would still go for the Elegance

Elegance for me as well. I prefer my toys.

Elegance for me as well. I prefer my toys.

I'd expect the S-Line spec to be quite quite good, what extra toys (of real value) would Elegence offer?? An extra £64 in the back pocket every month could get you a 2 week holiday each year? or a football season ticket? or pay golf green fees for a year ....etc, etc?

On a 'toys' basis, there would have to be some serious toys to justify that level of monetry difference? And remember...as a copmapny car you don't get to keep the toys,.....your basically just paying the extra money for the use of them over the 3 years!!!

Other than the limited boot space of the A3 sportback...I think it's one hell of a bargain!!

Edited 7 January, 201016 yr by grobster