And was more impressed with it than he was with a focus ST2.

He just needs to talk his wife round the silly 'I don't want a Skoda' nonsense.

It has been done on here before :-)

AND

One of my work colleagues, who WAS an adamant VW Golf fan, and his SWMBO " would never have a Skoda" , is now the proud owner of a Furby vRS driven by SWMBO

When I had my car repaired the delivery person was miffed that he had to drive a Skoda back. However once he got here he was raving about it and couldn't belive how much power a little Fabia (non Vrs) had.

swimbo's work collegue saw me drop her off in the fabia, asked what it was had a look round ect, said his wife needed a smallish diesel car bout 10k ish, and liked the look of the vRS....

he went to buy one for her, after it was delivered, he drove it a few times, and now they've swapped!!! lol....

she now drives his vectra around and he now ALWAYS has the furby

I think they may become a two furby family!

was the same with me, I fancied it "on paper", but after the drive, I was sold!

sharky.

Typical that - never been too hung up on brands myself, tried a few cars and the vRS ended up being the choice based on it's merits.

Octy was too big for me/us, would consider it once we have a family though for sure

That said there are some awesome cars out there (for a lot more money, true) which given circumstances I would definitely not hesitate in buying (like for most peeps it's not quite possible yet tho )

My manager was impressed with the performance of the car when it was still standard, especially after mentioning the price

These days Skoda is certainly no longer the best value for money car manufacturer on the market, but they still ARE good value. As the stigma has gone a fair bit these days, prices have gone up a bit. Don't blame them I suppose