New Skoda Laura RS TD

Performance and economy normally never go hand in hand. You usually have one and not the other. But Skoda is about to change all that, and give you 70bhp of rippling diesel muscle and torque.

Power is almost 65bph up on the standard Laura and this should result in a 0-100 time of 8.S seconds. This is a car, that Bushes you hack into the scat ill first, second or third gear. Then you have the pointy handling, the friendly independent rear suspen­sion and the best part – that it won’t break the bank. But Skoda should price it well as affordability is, key v to the appeal of this package.