All good to come to the end - and this is only now, Skoda Octavia VRS real estate is about to depart, that I appreciate how difficult it will be replaced. What I love most about this combination of hot hatch sportiness and a huge luggage space, have done so wonderful to live with. The deep boot easily absorbs all my camera kit, carpet proved to be difficult-wearing, and although the place more than once to create totally flat load floor, the operation at least quickly and easily.

Octavia not a lot of smart features, but it's great, honest estate, that solves any problem. Even the most entertaining world of travel, and having to replace all tires car with low-speed traction control has improved markedly. It did not quite cope with all the verve of the hot hatch, but as we found when we took it together at the last Vauxhall Corsa VXR double test is almost as quickly.

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With the trip computer reading of more than 30000 miles, road test editor Oliver Marriage strapped on the GPS timing devices we use to compare performance data. This will give us an accurate idea of exactly how fast a "reasonable" family property goes. He polished to leave the sprint from 0-60mph in seven seconds, while the 50-70mph time in top gear in 7.8 seconds, shows how flexible 197bhp 2.0-litre turbocharged engine really is.