I feel like I've been here before ...

 

I joined the forum and posted a couple of things when my wife got her Octavia hatch in 2016. Since then it has continued to work without fault, and so I haven't felt the need to post anything else. Today I exchanged my car for an Octavia Estate (1.6 diesel, 2016, SE Technology I think). I've had a few cars in the last year or two which have been big disappointments, and when a local dealer had a super black estate in stock for an affordable price I jumped at it. I'm not a big fan of modern cars, but the Skoda has impressed with being utterly reliable, well-built and thoughtfully-designed, and the best tow car I have ever driven (hers is a 2.0 tdci DSG). So here I am again. Will post a couple of noob questions in the appropriate places. Cheers!

 

Richard, near Haverfordwest, West Wales.

Welcome, er back

 

I think they do win various awards each year for tow car etc. One's never sure how a car wins an award, especially if it's next years car of the year or best car ever, and it's not released yet. But there is something about octavias and towing, you do see a lot of them doing it. Perhaps it's the geometry / length of it.

 

 

Not sure I know why, either. I think it's the combination of the 150PS engine, which has plenty of torque, and the DSG box, which seems to cope with the demands of towing admirably. The car is stable at all speeds, probably good geometry as you said, and I can see how it won the Caravan Club Towcar of the Year Award several times. The only car I have towed with that was better was a 4.6 auto Range Rover, but that is quite a high bar. The Octavia is MUCH better than my Mondeo estate was, despite them having almost identical outputs and dimensions.