Skodas have always been beautiful cars: They know a thing or two about aesthetics. Still, a new Skoda or a Kia... hmmm... I know what I'd choose.
I had a Skoda Fabia for 3 months whilst my resto was done on Golfie. Have to say if I was looking for something else I would buy one. Ideal for knocking around in. The courtesey car before that was Focus Sport, guess what happened when you put you foot down??? Big fat nothing. Skoda was much better even though I pulled faces when it was handed to me - the only good thing about parting with it was I got my fully restored MKII GTi back - gorgeous and pristine. Definitely would consider one in the future.