Skoda is booking test drives for its latest model, the Roomster, due to launch this Autumn.
As the new name implies, the Roomster has been designed to accommodate families and luggage in space by utilising a rear seat system called Varioflex, which allows “seemingly endless” seating permutations. With a full load of passengers, the Roomster is able to hold 450 litres of luggage, an amount that increases to a massive 1,780 litres when the seats have been removed.
With off the road prices ranging from a low 9,920 for the 1.2 12V Roomster 1 to 14,050 for the Roomster 3, buyers can expect an affordable yet high quality vehicle, if Skoda’s list of accolades for previous models is anything to go by.
The car will have class-leading car insurance groupings, with the 1.2-litre model only being banded in group 2E, according to New Car Net.
The frugality of its car insurance premiums will be aided by its economical engine sizes as well a host of safety features that Skoda describes as short only of “being entirely wrapped in cotton wool”.
Standard safety features include four airbags, ISOFIX child seat clips, while primary...