Yep I think its fairly well known that Skoda have extremely strict quality controls. Also I suspect the Skoda plant is more modern than any other VAG ones.

My uncles Skoda Fabria has done more than 100,000 miles now he does 30,000 a year and has had four four years. In that time virtualy nothing has gone wrong it, he will soon have £10000's to spend on car becuase they are selling their house, he said he will replace with another Skoda.

Anybody who is snobby about the Skoda badge knows nothing about cars. The only thing that Skoda could improve is the bodyshells, they look a bit bland, so do the interoiors but then VW need to seperate them from the more expensive Seats and VWs.

I think Fabria is very good looking, the Octavia is a bit dated now in terms of looks, but its still a great car.