"Did you think estates were boring tin cans? Bertrand D?souza beg to differ after a weekend of carving corners in Skoda?s new Octavia Combi."

Indian motorways throw up a curious mix of vehicles. It is hard to fathom why some vehicles do well despite having a limited purpose while others that serve great purposes do not. Two cases in point: automatics and estates. Despite persistent efforts by manufacturers neither section has been able to truly make an impact in the market. There has been no dearth of manufacturers trying to push the estate market starting with Tata way back in the early 90s when they first came out with the Tata Estate. Since then with the automobile boom the nation has seen quite a few estates from various manufacturers come and go. So it does come as quite a surprise when Skoda Auto who have been prudent with their choice of vehicles decided to enter the market with both petrol and diesel variants of the Octavia Combi.
This is motivated by no other interest than to cater to the whims of a few potential customers and to expand a product range that is already one of the widest in the country for a single model.
OVERDRIVE was invited for an exclusive test drive of the Combi RS and an L&K diesel variant.