What on earth possesses the authors of this survey to classify the Octavia as a "small family car", amongst the likes of the......

Kia Cee'd

BMW 1 Series

Honda Civic

VW Jetta

Volvo C30

Mercedes A Class

VW Golf

Audi A3

Toyota Auris

Peugeot 308

Mazda 3

Citroen C4

Seat Leon

Ford Focus

Vauxhall Astra

Renault Megane

Peugeot 307

Fiat Bravo

Are they barking mad ? :(

I'm bloody sure there's as much interior and boot space in the Octavia as there is in the so called "Family Car" section, namely the.....

Honda Accord

Toyota Prius

Volvo S40

Toyota Avensis

Mazda 6

Volvo V50

Ford Mondeo

VW Passat

Citroen C5

Vauxhall Vectra (now Insignia)

Renault Laguna

Peugeot 407

Well I Used to have an avensis and a Lexus IS and had to move house because my Octavia was too long , it would have caught the spoiler when the door closed! So just shows what a small car it is!, ended up moving to a house with no garage, never did find one long enough, after viewing 25 houses! Can park 3 cars on the drive though

Does seem a bit strange, but the Octavia and the S40/V40 are both based on platforms from the small car sector (Golf for the Octavia and Focus for the Volvo) and pretty much split the gap between that and the large family car sector... So why have the Octavia in one section, and the Volvo in the other?

I would agree with the 'platform'. Isnt the Octavia based on the Golf/Leon/A3 platform? Suppose thats why as all those are in the 'small family' group too

Edited 1 July, 201015 yr by Rhoobarb