Sniff Petrol's take on the Octavia:

http://sniffpetrol.com/2013/04/12/a-week-with-a-skoda-octavia/

They don't seem overly impressed. Just a competent car going by the review.

the comments are amusing

Interesting that the interior shot shows a right hand drive model with the gear lever on the correct side of the console.

Sarge.

Seems a pretty reasonable review to me - the Octavia is a very good bread and butter car, no true petrol head would buy one (excluding possibly the VRS). It doesn't particularly excite, but the whole point is that it isn't meant to. The Octavia is a fine car for long relaxing drives, it will be reliable, economical, comfortable and relaxing. Raise the adrenalin it won't.

Seems a pretty reasonable review to me - the Octavia is a very good bread and butter car, no true petrol head would buy one (excluding possibly the VRS). It doesn't particularly excite, but the whole point is that it isn't meant to. The Octavia is a fine car for long relaxing drives, it will be reliable, economical, comfortable and relaxing. Raise the adrenalin it won't.

Should be cheap to insure then ........