Can anyone help identify what's going on in thise picture?

 

Just bought this car and didn't notice until a week later.

 

On the left: weird section seems to have been cut out of the plastic?

On the right: two holes drilled out of the plastic, looks like a cutout for knobs or something?

it was probably a taxi or fleet and had some extra devices

Quite possible an adaption that was for a Disabled Driver. 

The First Registered name might be for an individual even though Motability bought the car and then sold at a BCA.

Was the first MOT carried our a couple of months before the car was 3 years old?

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Where was the servicing carried out and was it on a Variable Servicing Regime but a service done at around the time of the MOT? 

Yeah figured out it was an adaption for a Disabled driver.

It's only had the one owner, first MOT 10 days before 3rd birthday, all servicing at Skoda dealers.

Doesn't seem to detract from anything at all, just gave me a fright...

One thing is the steering assist might have been increased if there was hand controls or adaptions fitted.   Possibly returned to factory setting.  Many Motability cars do not get reset though.  Only made aware if they feel the steering is light.