Skoda Laura wins the award for best family car in the UK for 2007

Skoda Laura[the Newer generation Octavia] owners should feel proud,their car has just been rated the most satisfying car to own in the UK for 2007.As a family man the Laura is the best car you could have bought.

Its lowest score in any category is 30th for comfort – a result that many rivals languishing lower down the chart would be very grateful for. Netting an amazing seven top 10 positions, the Laura falls short of first place in any one category, but is the overall winner through sheer all-round consistency. Putting more expensive models from its Volkswagen parent company to shame, the Skoda gets excellent reviews for its reliability and build quality.

It earned the sixth place for performance and braking proving the quality of the Laura's engineering. Another top rating for Skoda’'s family car came in the practicality chart.

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The older generation Octavia owners need not be disappointed,inspite of its age the Octavia managed to hold onto the 22nd position.Heres what they say about the octavia:

It's made it into the top quarter of the Driver Power top 100, and is one of the UK’'s best-value used cars. Even though the Octavia has dropped from sixth in 2006, it remains easy to live with. A top 10 finish for running costs shows it’'s a bargain-hunter’'s dream, and with the cheapest used examples now nine years old, 21st for reliability is amazing. No surprise, then, that 97 per cent of old-shape Octavia drivers would buy another – or maybe they'’ll upgrade to its even more impressive successor...

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The Fabia on the other hand seems to be falling interms of popularity and fell 19 places compared to last year to 24th place[this is the previous generation fabia]


A commendable performance by Skoda indeed considering the competitors included toyota,honda,lexus,Bmw,mercedes,audi etc.Now does it come as a suprise that Skoda is such a popular brand in India too.

Overall Skoda is the second best manufacturer in the UK ,Lexus maintaining the top position here.

[Source:autoexpress.co.uk]

Skoda sells both the newer generation Octavia[as the Laura in India] as well as the Older generation Octavia.