Choose a new ŠKODA Fabia and be one step ahead of the pack, both on the road and in what you can do with your car.

Under the bonnet is a 1.6L petrol engine strapped to a 6-speed auto gearbox that drives the front wheels. The combination produces 81kW and 155Nm, that gets you off the mark and up to 100km/h in a chirpy 11ish seconds but keeps you away from the pumps at a rate of 5.9L/100km (139g/km too for those that are interested).

The interior now boasts a 6.5-inch infotainment screen, modern instrument cluster, comfortable fabric furniture and although it has a fair share of plastic, for some reason it doesn’t feel cheap. Space-wise, once you lift the centre console storage box out of the way, is fine and dandy. Shoulder room for two in the front, there’s room for a coffee cup and an espresso shot in the console, the rear seats have a 60/40 split (with plenty of headroom) and there’s 330L of room for shopping stuff in the rear.