Skoda gets serious with its first ever seven-seat SUV

Nobody's laughing at Skoda now

The new Skoda Kodiaq cuts a distinctive dash on the road

The vast majority of people of car-buying age will remember that during the 1980s and 1990s, Skoda was usually only mentioned as the lead-up to a cheesy punchline. Yet here we are today, standing on the edge of the Palma Marina in Majorca, at the international launch of the new Skoda Kodiaq, watching the Czech company’s new seven-seat SUV being hitched up to a trailer carrying a luxury speedboat. It’s safe to say ...