Repeating its victory in last year's survey, Skoda's Octavia is once again crowned the UK's most satisfying car to own. No model in the Top 100 offers greater strength in depth, and the Mondeo rival is the consummate all-rounder, bagging five top 10 positions and not dropping out of the top 25 in any category.
So what makes the Octavia so good? Well, from the smallest turbodiesel to the range-topping vRS hot hatch, you love the performance of the VW-sourced engines. And crucially, the pace doesn't come at too high a price. The Octavia scores the lowest running costs for any family car in the Top 100.
With a spacious hatchback model and enormous load-lugging estate, practicality gets the thumbs-up, too. When you consider that the Octavia finishes 15 positions ahead of the Golf and 41 places ahead of the Passat, it's clear that parent company VW has much to learn from Skoda. Drivers, though, have known this all
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